We had to travel quickly into Sutton Town-Centre today – to purchase a new pair of shoes for Mei-An (our eldest daughter). As she is now a teenager, she quite often walks up hill to school each morning – although she is always picked-up by car – and occasionally driven to school. This all depends upon our working shifts and timings, etc. Either way, we parked outside St Nicholas Church and were able to take a late Summer’s stroll around the graveyard. Sutton is now part of Greater (South-West) London (formerly East Surrey) – and Churches are viewed (rightly or wrongly) as a type of museum, although I think St Nicholas is still in use despite Church attendance being very small across the UK. Our view (as non-Christians) is that these places should be properly and respectfully preserved – and the faithful be allowed to worship in them. On the other hand, as the Church of England is funded through general taxation (regardless as to whether the worker is Christian or not) – ALL people (providing the behave) should be able to frequent the building. We also love the squirrels, pigeons, rats, and mice which live in the graveyard.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 