It is so good that we can venture out a little now and can even enjoy eating out al fresco (in good weather!) The sad thing Is that most of the world is still in the grips of the virus: sad not only because of the suffering other countries are enduring, but also because it gives the virus the opportunity to manifest itself in its many variant forms. Let us all do what we can to make global immunisation a reality.
Two years ago we celebrated the 25th anniversary of women being ordained in the Church of England. In fact, this year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ordination of a woman as a priest in the Anglican Communion. This was when the English Bishop R. O. Hall ordained the Chinese pastor Dr Florence Tim LI-Oi as a priest in Hongkong. Life was not easy thereafter for her as a trail-blazer, nor for Bishop Hall, but the example of her wonderful ministry helped pave the way to women’s ordination in other Anglican Provinces.
If the Queen of Sheba was just a name to you so far, you will learn a lot from Michael Knight’s piece (page 7) on the ancient history of Arabia and the regions of Yemen, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It is fascinating to see the role of politics in the rise and fall of Christianity and Islam in that region, and its relation to the major catastrophe currently unfolding in Yemen.
Around Langley hopes that the coming month will be a ‘merrie month of May’ for readers.
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