God and Austerity The supermarket which calls itself Forum, has a bell tower, but now in time

of austerity no one flocks to buy anything when its bells rings every hour. Sunday, when I drove my wife to church the car park was full and the bells didn t toll in vain; and when I looked through the window people were singing hymns. When time is good, god becomes distant But now with economic times and threats of a new war is looming, people turn to an abstraction in time of a unsure future. Mind, god looks after his own flock, walking around the car park I noticed most cars looked new, but if you have got it and want to keep it a prayer goes a long way.