Remembrance Sunday 2021
Remembrance Sunday is an important day in the Church calendar. It’s important that we remember the sacrifices that have been made in the past to seek to build a more peaceful and just world. Remembering is important and it’s important for all kinds of different reasons and I want to think about three this morning. We remember in order not to forget – it’s the most obvious of all, but not forgetting is important, and it’s important as we remember to give thanks. We also remember in order to learn ; and thirdly we remember in order to move forward... So, firstly we remember so as we do not forget and we remember to give thanks. Many people have had lives changed by the horrors of war. Too many people today still risk lives in order to strive for a more peaceful world. People whose names we may never know, whose life stories we will never hear, have given so much. It may be the ultimate sacrifice of their lives, it may be in serious injuries, it may be in struggles wi