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At St Margaret's this morning, we had the great pleasure and privilege of welcoming Revd Maria Ottensten and the choir of Örgryte Parish in Gothenburg, Sweden. Maria very kindly offered to preach and the choir sang a couple of pieces for us. It was especially moving to hear Swedish songs which obviously meant so much to the choir themselves. It provided evidence once again of the power of music to transcend barriers of language and nationality. We were all Swedish this morning. Which is another way of saying that we were all one. It's good when that happens occasionally in church, where, on Good Shepherd Sunday, we are reminded that there is to be one flock and one Shepherd.
