What3words location finder has been somewhat unkind to our church's front door - ///admit.varieties.gossip!
Anyone who's been involved in church life will recognise the strangely apt significance of these three words. 'Let 'em in and gossip about each other.' I admit it made me laugh. But I couldn't face adding it as our contact word set!
Proverbs 20:19 - A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.
You may be familiar with the location-finding app what3words. Splitting the whole planet into small squares it provides a unique guide to a location. It's obvious advantage is in a field or on a mountain where it is plainly more helpful than 'past the clump of trees' or 'next to the round rock'.
The words themselves are random - or so we suppose. However, when looking it up to add it to our church directions I confess to becoming alarmed. Thankfully we have a big building and this offers a wide choice - which as you will see in future blogs - is just as well.
I settled on the box GLAZE GOWN GLORY. Mainly, I think, drawn by the attraction of the word glory for a Place of Worship. Perhaps the preacher in me enjoyed the 3 Gs alliteration.
My best theology of it is that one day our eyes will glaze as we gaze, dressed in a gown of white, upon Christ's glory. See, you can make a sermon out of anything!
It represents a spot somewhere near a vestry. Why didn't I use the entrance, or the street by the entrance? That's another blog . . .
