A visit to Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, on Fathers' Day included perceptive, provocative thoughts on the perennial problem of 'the missing men'.Preacher the Rev David Banbury reminded us of Rowntrees' breakthrough marketing ploy of creating a 'masculine' chocolate bar - the hunky, chunky Yorkie.
After mentioning the bar's current 'not for girls' strapline (see pic), he produced a second, seriously oversized confectionary item - the Jesus Bar.
Not for boys?
His point, of course, was that many men see church, faith, religion as 'not for me'.
He went on to challenge this perception - and to encourage us to 'rediscover' the dynamic, challenging, adventurous aspects of Jesus' character in particular - and of our whole faith in general.
Readings were 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (St Paul's pull-no-punches assessment of his working life) and Mark 4:35-41 (Jesus' in 'power' mode).
Imporantly, the preacher emphasised that he was not advocating the promotion of a macho Jesus, or boosting a gung-ho 'muscular Christianity'.
Rather, he was trying to impress on us the amazing totality of Jesus' character - incorporating the fullness of the 'mascuine' and 'feminine' aspects of what it means to be human.
And because it was Fathers' Day the service closed with a gift for every man in the congregation - a cool DIY glider mini-kit.
Hurrah!
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