Bishop of Gloucester: "Place is a part of who we are"
The Rt Rev'd Rachel Treweek has delivered her Christmas message for 2021
The Bishop of Gloucester talks about the importance of 'place' in her Christmas message this year.
The Rt Rev'd Rachel Treweek says place has featured highly during the pandemic and that it is a part of who we are.
She tells us how many of our news items have reminded us of its importance:
"People trapped at borders such as that between Belarus and Poland.
"People such a Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in a place from which she longs to be freed.
"People drowning in their attempts to leave one place and find freedom and safety in another place which could become home.
"People living homeless on our streets or living in places which afford no dignity and deny identity."
Rt Rev'd Rachel Treweek - Bishop of Gloucester
Watch the Bishop of Gloucester's full Christmas message:
In her Christmas message, Bishop Rachel talks about the story of the first Christmas, saying the events 'were and are about every person in every place - whatever your age, whatever your story."
She rounds off by wishing everyone a peaceful and hope-filled Christmas.