Today has been an interesting day. It was really very touching to see so many people turn up to place their crosses in the little Garden of Remembrance at the church. People of all ages took part in the service. It was truly moving to hear people tell their stories about their crosses. Over the next few days I hope that many more people will come to the church and put crosses in the Garden. I hope that all this will help breathe new life into our Sunday Remembrance Service.

And while we placed our crosses in a garden, across the ocean millions of Americans were making their way to the polling booths to place their crosses in the 2008 Presidential Election. What an historic election it will be if Obama becomes the first black president of the USA. And as I watch the BBC it looks as though Obama is indeed going to win. It is said that the economic crisis has favoured the Democrats. Certainly many people will be now looking to the new President to do something to bring about change in our world.

While Obama is a Christian his father was a Muslim and I believe he has a half brother who is living in a shanty town in Kenya. So there will be a president in the White House who has a very different background from President George Bush. It is this Afro-American who may be the one who will begin to bring together the races of the world. Lets hope the Americans who placed their cross beside this man wlll be vindicated by his term of office. Yet everyone needs to be aware that change is a painful experience to go through and that there are great dangers in placing our hopes and dreams in one person alone. I remember the electorate here in UK voted Tony Blair into power with great enthusiasm however at the end of his term people couldn’t wait to see the back of him.