Two days of earlier-than-usual starts in a row for me. Tomorrow I'm on a train at 7.25am to London for the EAUK council meeting, whilst today I attended the National Prayer Breakfast of Wales at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. I sat between the chief of Police for Cardiff and Mike German-assembly member and ex-deputy first minister of Wales. I was impressed by the short speech from Paul Murphy MP-he's the Secretary of State for Wales- who focused on the rich Christian heritage of Wales and the importance of not being afraid to own up to our faith in public or private life. The main speaker was Roel Kuiper, a Senator representing the Christian Union party in the Dutch government. One fascinating comment he made was about the difference between contract and covenant. Most business transactions are based on contract, but Christians should live by covenant. Contract is legalistic, self-serving, whereas covenant is relational and highly values the interests of the other party. I'm going to explore this further- particularly with regard to the way most business is done in the Christian music industry.
wow. i love that...covenant not contract...love it.
Posted by: lois seco | 03/08/2009 at 12:24 PM