Today is VIT’s last day at Coverdale Hall. It seems an long time ago that she started the fairly surreal process of becoming a vicar. Indeed, it is a generation ago that she first offered the church her services – if the church had said “yes” then at that time she would not have been [...]
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So the day approaches when VIT will start to wear her collar backwards. Or rather, wear a collar, since she not a buttoned-up sort of person normally. The diocese kindly gives her an allowance to buy some of the shirts, surpluses, cassocks and other things with less familiar names. The stoles are very beautiful and [...] Difficult to know the answer to this question. I was talking to a friend the other day about the way in which the C of E places its curates. It’s completely serial. Normal jobs are filtered by looking at the ads, deciding which ones look appropriate and which don’t and then applying for the ones [...] In the peculiar process that is finding a curacy, a diocese can “release” one of its sponsored ordinands. Without being “released” the ordinand has to look for a job in their own diocese and can not move (see earlier posting.) This is a polite C of E doublespeak way of saying one or more of [...] Do you remember those “spot the difference” pictures you used to do as a child? Two similar pictures with a number of differences, some of which were fairly obvious and usually two or three which took a while to find. Here’s an updated version of one of those, except that we have two ordinands instead [...] Last week at General Synod there was a discussion on clergy pay, conditions, disciplinary procedures, performance management and so on. Issues which have dogged public sector organisations for the last 10 to 15 years. In the NHS the conversation was called “Agenda for Change” while in higher education it was called “Role Evaluation” and a [...] There’s a well known phrase about those who can not organise parties in breweries. The observant amongst you might have noticed from earlier posts on this blog that I have formed a less than favourable opinion of the ability of certain parts of the Church of England to manage anything. So it was with great [...] Imagine a Tesco supermarket fifteen years ago, or maybe Gateway, Hinton’s, or Fine Fare. Now think of yourself next to the sausage counter. You might have found two or three different varieties, maybe thick or thin, and maybe 6 or 12 in a pack. But that’s about it. Now think about what’s needed to make [...] I have left VIT at home with the family to come away with our company to a remote part of Scotland. We are having what would normally be called a retreat, but since Michael Wolff, one of our facilitators, does not do “retreats”, this is a Company Advance. We are here to work out “Who [...] When VIT and I got married she promised to Love, Honour and Obey me. (Yeah, don’t laugh but she did, wearing her red shoes and looking fabulous.) I had just promised to Love, Honour and Worship her. Whether or not you like the idea of a woman promising to obey her husband, there is [...] |
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