I seem to have been focusing on Time a lot recently. Probably this is because I am about to enter a new phase in my life. It seems likely that I shall be retiring early from my work as a parish minister. Of course, ordination is for life, so unless I start to totally run amok, I am a minister for life. That doesn't feel like a life sentence, more a life privilege. It is an ever present reminder of faith which is sometimes clung onto in the midst of great personal trauma. The last few months have felt rather like that sometimes, as I have battled to get my voice back, only to get back to work for two weeks and then suffer the mini-strokes. However, if truth be told, I am feeling better now, though I know I am not fit for full-time duties.
So this is the time of thinking about new beginnings.
Running amok sounds good to me, we are good at it!….come and join us.
Sounds good to me.