I've missed it really. When I was a child I used to watch quite a lot of Wimbledon (or Wimbly Dunn as it sounded like it was called), but this year I have missed it almost in it's entirety.
Apparently the men's final was quite something to behold, and part of me wishes that I had had time to watch it, but actually I got more pleasure from the fact that we won the girls' single's final...
... although, of course we didn't. Miss L Robson did. It's just that she's British and it makes you feel proud that a Brit won something!
This feeling of national pride is an odd one, isn't it? Why do we identify with folk born in the same country as us? Actually I think it is quite a good thing, at least when it is not taken to too many extremes. However, there are others with whom we should identify and take action because of our empathy. I am thinking of the citizens of Zimbabwe, fellow humans like us. Or of the thousands of Christians who are suffering persecution because of their faith today. Or of the millions who are starving today due to a lack of food.
Identifying with others is important, let's try to respond rightly to it.
An ordinary Christian bloke reflecting on the news...