So the big final clock is ticking and in under 17 hours the service starts. The weasther stinks here at the moment so I can’t see the post-service photos being taken outside. I’m going to get an early night tonight because it’s an early start tomorrow. I think I’ve survived anyway and I’ve had time …
Monthly Archive: June 2007
Jun
30
2007
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Jun
29
2007
It’s like some sort of medieval wonk baiting
Watching “Internal Displacement” from season seven of The West Wing on a break in the afternoon and the wonk baiting line just issued forth from Josh’s lips. Had my interview with Bishop Michael this morning and thankfully he’s still going to ordain me on Sunday. On Monday, the removal company are now not only going …
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Jun
28
2007
Retreat Day Two (and how to continue surviving it…)
That’s right, I made it to the end of day two. The biggest thing today was that at Evening Prayer today it was the turn of the deacons-to-be to lead the service (the retreat is for both those to be made deacon and those to be made presbyter [priest]). There’s a few of us from …
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Jun
27
2007
How to survive the pre-ordination retreat
First day of ordination retreat and I’m glad I survived. So I thought I’d start putting some thoughts down on how to get through this thing. I expect this list will grow over the course of the retreat. First of all though, I need to recount the day itself. Drove down very early this morning …
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Jun
27
2007
Just to clarify
As of 0730 (+0100) today I expect to be offline until late Sunday. Please do not expect emails to be read, never mind responded to. I expect that all mailing lists will effectively be transferred to /dev/null upon my return so if you have a query that you want me to read, please send it …
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Jun
26
2007
I am so frighteningly middle class
I don’t know why I thought of this today but about a month ago I was walking home and as I turned into my street I spotted a bunch of chavs walking about fifty yards ahead of me with their canine companions. I heard one of their number call out to his pet, “Oi, Quaver!” …
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Jun
22
2007
Friday
My ordination stole arrived from Emma today and it looks fantastic, I’m utterly thrilled with it. I’m not putting a photo here so that it can remain a surprise for people coming to the ordination (I promise to post tickets over the weekend). I also ordered a book from Amazon to read during the pre-ordination …
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Jun
21
2007
Endings
Today: Had supervision with John over breakfast Made amendments to dissertation based on that supervision Chatted briefly with Christina to check some facts Got the actual title of the dissertation signed off Had lunch with Amanda and Callum Submitted final version of the dissertation Cleared out my college room Emotional farewells with Karen and Rachel …
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Jun
20
2007
Wednesday catch-up
Commissioning Service and the associated social activities were great – so good to have the rest of the Naughty Table there supporting Rachel and me as we were sent out. Down in Watford on Sunday. Went to the morning service at SSW and saw loads of people which was superb. They made the mistake of …
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Jun
16
2007
Commissioning
Today’s the Commissioning Service at college where those of us who are leaving are prayed for and commissioned for the next phase of our lives in ministry and mission. Yesterday I submitted MM310 and MM320. MM310 was the first module of the year and had been waiting for a tidy-up for quite some time. MM320 …
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