Editorial
Welcome to the final edition of Christis for 2002! At this point I was going to write something about being in Advent, looking forward, and celebrating the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. I am well aware, though, that already you may be sick of Christmas carols, or disgusted by what we have made an excuse for rampant consumerism. If I point to the world situation concerning Iraq, or the devastating conflict in the Middle East, I will probably make you feel even more disillusioned. But surely this is the point — Jesus came with a promise to heal a broken world and restore it to its God. The prophet Jeremiah had the right idea: “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” (Jeremiah 32:17) Please don’t ignore that promise; it is only by responding to it and allowed God to work through our lives that we can have hope.
I believe God has done some wonderful things in York this year, and it is both exciting and humbling to know that He has worked through Christis. I pray that He may continue to guide the magazine and use Christis to draw His people together and enrich all those who read it. I would like to thank Chris Charlton, Tara Cooke, Paul Harford, Kate Harper, Hannah Kidd, Ian Miller and of course our brilliant computing star Tom Saddington, for being a fantastic committee. I’m sure you’ll agree that their hard work and dedication has helped bring the magazine a very long way. It has been a privilege to be your Beanbag! I hope you have enjoyed reading Christis and will continue to do so under your new committee. Unable to conclude with anything profound from my own thoughts, I have looked to the wisdom of former Beanbag, Matt Campbell:
“God bless you all and keep you well, sane, unstressed, coherent, ecumenical and Biblical. Or if none of these, Christlike.”
Much love,