VAN KLOMPENBURG: Lesson on Small Things

VAN KLOMPENBURG: Lesson on small things

After worship, I join an acquaintance on a padded bench in the church foyer. Following a little chitchat, I wonder about her mobility issues, so I ask.

Small things like these

Most religions counsel against a love of possessions. John Lennon thought it was easy to imagine doing without them, but, like most of us, found this harder in practice. People like stuff, and Bee Wilson speaks for many in finding a particular comfort in objects associated with the kitchen, not least because she is a food writer. To be surrounded by long-loved pots and pans, china plates and utensils passed down through the generations is to fee…