The Proclamation of Good News

When I remember that the literal translation of the term gospel is “good news,” I recall a wonderful encounter with her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. In the summer of 2001, I found myself at divine service in the parish church in Windsor Great Park, where the royal family attends Sunday worship when in Windsor. 

The parish church is tiny, Victorian, and Gothic, complete with a choir composed of estate workers, and on the Sunday…