Doctor Who on Saturday got me to thinking, in fact it got me to thinking so much that Sunday’s sermon was abandoned in favour of one following a Doctor Who theme.
For those of you who didn’t see it the whole story pivoted around Donna changing a decision she made and turned right instead of left while driving her car this seemingly minor incident meant that she ended up not meeting the Doctor, with massive consequences.
Now the cynic out there, might say a simple change like that doesn’t change much and certainly wouldn’t have the effect on the whole world that Donna’s change did. We don’t know if choices we have made have made big differences, small differences or no difference at all. However the choices we have made, have made us the people we are today, and they do shape the world around us. There are of course also certain choices that we make that we know will and do have an impact on others, choosing fair trade being just one example.
Donna’s change meant that southern England was wiped out by a nuclear explosion, that vast numbers of Americans were turned into blocks of lard, and that the Doctor died to name but three. Surely our choices don’t have such a massive impact, or do they?
At St Mark’s we have been embarking on ‘Leading Your Church Into Growth’, which shows in commonsense straightforward ways how evangelism can be easily done, on some level or another, by everyone. The choice is do we do something or don’t we; do we turn right or left; do we spread the Good News or not; do we or don’t we make that seemingly insignificant turn in our lives that will make a significant impact on someones life?
