In my previous post I mentioned it had been an odd week, this half term. VIT in college, me with the kids. The second half of VIT’s week has less in the timetable, so my week has sort of returned to normal – i.e. I’m away from home. In fact I am writing this heading [...]
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I shared a room at school with someone who introduced me to the delights of Pink Floyd. It was around about the time they released “Wish you were here“. One of the songs is called Welcome to the Machine: “Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. What did you dream? It’s [...] Just a short one this morning. Excellent article in yesterday’s Observer on the noises emanating from the Vatican re disaffected Anglicans. Today, VIT posted a note on her Facebook status expressing dismay at the Statement by the Bishops of Ebbsfleet & Richborough on the Apostolic Constitution on a Personal Ordinariate for former Anglicans. This, of course, is about Women Bishops and the battle royal that appears to be raging in the Church of England over whether [...] I had a surreal experience last night. We went for tea (that’s an evening meal to anyone southern reading this) in Coverdale Hall. A pretty decent mass produced steak and ale pie with some very oddly textured mashed potato (I think there was wallpaper paste in it) followed by some kind of pudding with warm [...] Poor VIT. She spent last night preparing some really very creative prayers for this evening’s weekly big college communion service. So I’m somewhat surprised to get an email from her just before the service begins. She’s at home with the bi-annual (every other year) migraine, the older VKIT is having a rough time having had [...] Ever since I’ve known the Vicar in Training (VIT for short) she’s wanted to be a priest – no, more than that – she’s felt this inexplicable “call” to priesthood. It won’t go away. If she’d been applying for any other job she’d have told the Church of England to get stuffed long, long ago. [...] |
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