St Mary’s, Clevedon & St Paul’s, Weston-in-Gordano. 15.4.18.

Easter 2 – Acts 4:5-12; 1 John 3:16-24; Luke 24:36b-48

The risen Christ is the vision of peace for this tragic world – Martin Little

The international events of the last few weeks have meant that, if we’re not already sleeping a little less easily in our beds, we certainly should be now.

A callous and barbaric chemical attack in the town of Douma in Syria.

A callous and barbaric chemical attack in Salisbury, of all places.

President Trump’s bragging about US military might on Twitter, of all places.

And sometime in the dead hours of Friday night, the US, France, and the UK launched over 100 missiles at military targets in Syria.

Trump hailed the airstrikes as ‘perfect’; Teresa May, mindful no doubt of the Chilcot inquiry, had her legal defense ready to go.  Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the UN reminded us that there is “no military solution” to the crisis in Syria.

And so the world holds its breath and wonders, ‘what on earth next?’