tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547324544603747750.post3086734637620853926..comments2023-07-09T08:56:07.127+01:00Comments on LibCync: Praying for Jonathan AitkenLibCynchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025602133865137272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547324544603747750.post-83364333952018439192009-01-11T15:36:00.000+00:002009-01-11T15:36:00.000+00:00Bearing that in mind, I'd tend to agree.Bearing that in mind, I'd tend to agree.Paul Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547324544603747750.post-64524316763870852862009-01-10T14:18:00.000+00:002009-01-10T14:18:00.000+00:00Burbler,Obviously memories are fading but she says...Burbler,<BR/><BR/>Obviously memories are fading but she says that what was galling was that it was a main part of the sermon and was not amongst a list of others to pray for (she said at the time, "aren't there more deserving people"). Repentance wasn't mentioned but he talked about the struggles the poor chap had to go through.<BR/><BR/>Just odd and a little jarring I thought.LibCynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025602133865137272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547324544603747750.post-68444531004962369192009-01-09T16:12:00.000+00:002009-01-09T16:12:00.000+00:00Jonathan Aitken came to our church and preached. A...Jonathan Aitken came to our church and preached. As you mention, the Lord loves a sinner who repents.It is for us to pray and God to judge.<BR/><BR/>I chatted to him outside the church briefly. He seemed a decent enough cove, if retaining some natural aloofness and stand-offishness, which perhaps derives from his very tall height and background. We both marvelled at the thickness of Esther Rantzen's make-up (she had arrived for a christening of surrogate-born US triplets (another story) shortly after the service at which Mr Aitken preached. He's not Mr Charisma, let's face it. <BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to know what else the congregation were asked to pray for and consider at the same service your wife attended. Probably a list of about a thousand things, through the various intercessions, hymns, lessons etc, I wouldn't wonder.<BR/><BR/>Part of being a Christian is to hand things over to God. I doubt whether I would leave a detailed examination of Aitken's past with him without a large degree of incredulity and head shaking. I would personally hold him up as an excellent example of someone who got ridiculously too big for his boots and who got his comeuppance through the justice system and, more accurately, as a result of a hard-working Guardian journalist who spent days going through old hotel receipts in a Swizz basement archive.<BR/><BR/>He's been humbled. I wouldn't myself single him out as a paragon above many, many other people. But, as I say, part of being a Christian is handing things over to the Lord. I hope your wife and you enjoyed your Christmas day, despite this.Paul Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.com