There is a line in a poem by R.S. Thomas which says, quite simply, that ‘wisdom must come on foot’. This makes me think of those few special moments in my life when I have been in the same place as The Queen, who has always insisted on walking among the crowds, and how I’ve seen her engaging people along her way, listening generously to each one she meets, offering such wise or comforting or encouraging words as is right for each person. She, like the One she follows, walks among us as one who serves.
A talk for services of celebration on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
2 June 2022, Keasden, Pentecost, 5 June 2022, Austwick, Clapham
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