I've become rather remiss at posting my sermons on this blog lately. I preached this just over three weeks ago, on my return from holiday. I had to rewrite my introduction in view of recent news... a reminder how quickly events change even when you are away for only a couple of weeks.
It's amazing how fast headlines change. When I wrote this sermon nearly three weeks ago, the major news story of the day was the phone hacking scandal at News International. The affair had dominated the headlines for a good few months already, and there seemed no reason to believe this situation would change. Then of course came the unprecedented riots which have shifted the focus away totally from this story – at least for now.
But I want to return to the News International story because there's something Rupert Murdoch said which I think provides a suitable introduction to our theme this morning. Concerning his appearance before a parliamentary select committee he said, and I quote, "This is the most humble day of my life".
Ever since Mr Murdoch uttered that sentence I've been thinking about his use of the word "humble". Indeed, if you've visited the church website, you'll know I've already blogged on this subject. Because it seems to me that he chose the wrong word to use. After all, we can talk about a person being humble. We can talk about someone living in humble circumstances. But can a day be humble? I'm not sure it can, and I suspect that Mr Murdoch meant to say, "humiliating" rather than "humble"
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