Coco Calling No. 115 - Small is Beautiful
- Coco
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 16, 2021
I rather like today’s blog title because it could easily describe me! You don’t have to be a large Amazon or a dashing Macaw to have good looks and stunning colours. Pocket-sized parrots can be just as good!
Sadly, today’s blog isn’t about me at all. No, the title’s borrowed from a famous collection of essays published in 1973 by the economist Ernst Friedrich Schumacher. At the time, it was quite a revolutionary book because most human economists believed that “big was best” and “the bigger, the better!” But “Small is beautiful” challenged that belief, and went on to become a massive best seller.

And in so many ways, the title “Small is beautiful” applies to the Christian faith as well. Because you don’t have to be big and powerful to serve God well. You don’t have to be an Archbishop of Canterbury, a Mother Teresa, a Pope or even a local Vicar. Nor does God expect us all to set up great new charities, or build new mission hospitals around the world……
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” (Mother Teresa)

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