Last week, this blog turned 7 years old! Things have changed a huge amount since I was a curate and freshly minted deacon setting up this website, and writing my first post, called New home, new blog! Over that time I've written about ministry and becoming a priest and a vicar. A few years in, I [...]
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Weekly Check-in 170
Hello from the end of another long week of ministry, fun and a splash of frustration. This week has involved... meetings with colleagues, a midwife appointment, spiritual direction, standing committee, a coffee with my successor at The Good Shepherd, picking up a new highchair, quiet communion service, nursing home communion, a sick Sophia (second week [...]
Weekly Check-in 169
Hi and happy Sunday! It's been a long, hot, busy week, including: a meeting with our nursery manager, prayers with colleagues, local clergy meeting, nursery trustees, nursing home communion, ecumenical prayers, a trip to IKEA, a book launch in Formby, catching up with Mum, Dad, Granny and Grandpa, some chill time with Sophia, a Thorpe [...]
Weekly Check-in 167
It's a busy old life, ain't it?! Some highlights of this week: booking Sophia's third (!) birthday party, a child-free day off with my lovely friend, seeing the ducks at our local nursing home and writing two sermons that I'm quite pleased with. Soph and the ducks! One particular challenge has been the return of [...]