I would like to offer my congratulations to Simon Mcleay of St Peters in the City for his contribution to ‘Churches Active in our City' (Oct 2)
He writes of leaving a legacy for those we leave behind, and writes of Jesus being mindful of his legacy at his final meal the last supper. Later when dying on the cross he asked one of his friends to look after his mother and spoke words of forgiveness for those who were about to crucify him. From my old memory, I recall Christ's words 'forgive them Lord for they know not what they do”. To me this echoes of present day trading patterns.
It seems to me there is something critical missing we continue to stumble over today. I think the missing point in Christian teaching is what Jesus meant when he said, 'You have turned this place into a Den of Thieves.”
What then was being stolen and still is today and over time is the value of our 'means of exchange”. This divides the communities world wide into the very rich and the very poor. Given the state of world conflict today I wonder how long we can claim ignorance under Christ's umbrella of forgiveness.

D L Reid, Tauranga