The familiar words of the 23rd Psalm had a less familiar ring in Cumbrian, French and German at an ecumenical service in Egremont Castle in which the focus was firmly on language. We had to listen with new ears and wonder. How could anyone as low and common as Galileans speak with tongues that could persuade everyone present, no matter what their native language? You might as well expect it of the people of Egremont!
The stirring rhythms of Egremont Town Band the inspiring songs of Wildfire spread across the town. The congregation lifted up its eyes to the hills rather than the ruins of Egremont Castle, but the Castle grounds had once again drawn a community together.
None of us could know how much those words would mean to us in a few weeks.