We have all watched shocked at the massacre of the shoppers
at the mall in Nairobi, Kenya. On Sunday, 22 September, just one day later, 83
people, a similar number, were killed in All Saints Church, Peshawar, in
Pakistan. As someone who tries to keep abreast of the news, I was surprised
that this did not reach any of the headlines that I saw.
This is only the last of many sufferings of the church in
Pakistan. We need to keep it in our prayers and pray for the injured and those
who have lost relatives. Above all, we need to pray that the Pakistani
authorities may be prepared to take responsibility for the security and welfare
of their Christian co-citizens.
What a privilege it is to be able to go to church, in Oadby,
at Saint Pauls, safely on Sunday.
