Something I pray:
Lord,
Take me where
you want me to go,
Let me meet
who you want me to meet,
Tell me what
you want me to say,
And keep me out of your way.(Revd Mychal Judge OFM
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Growing in new ground: deployed curacy
I wrote my last essay two weeks ago, handed in my training portfolio a week ago, and today it was announced that I am on the move, ministerially speaking. I see the Bishop to conclude the formal element of my … Continue reading
For those wrestling with vocation and discernment (Phil 2:1-13)
This week I had the opportunity to lead worship in my college group. I used the reading for Morning Prayer that day which was Philippians 2:1-13 and adapted some worship from Celtic Daily Prayer from the Northumbrian Community themed for … Continue reading
Posted in ordination training, resources, worship
Tagged BAP, discernment, obedience, St. Paul's Letters, vocation
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Book Review: ‘He Never Let Go’ by Lynda Alsford
I bought ‘He Never Let Go’ by Lynda Alsford because Lynda was one of my early Twitter friends, and quite simply the snatches of her story that she had shared as she wrote the book intrigued me. It was only … Continue reading
Posted in life, ministry, theology - how God fits in
Tagged book review, discernment, ordination training, reader training
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On being challenged by my new Bishop
I spent time recently finding and replaying two videos of our new Bishop of Winchester, Right Revd Tim Dakin. Nominally this was for the benefit of my father, but it led me to some reflections of various sorts. The first video … Continue reading
Posted in life, ministry, mothers' union
Tagged Bishop of Winchester, Diocese of Winchester, discernment, offering for ordination, ordinand
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Let us make the best of things – let us progress (towards women in the episcopate)
Tomorrow the executive of WATCH (Women and the Church) meet to decide on what their official response will be to the amended measures regarding the legislation on women bishops. Last year as I journeyed through discernment and selection for training … Continue reading
To BAP, BAPing, I BAPed – encountering the verb of selection for ordination!
Since announcing on Easter morning that I have been recommended for training for ordination, I have been meaning to explain a little of what happens at a Bishop’s Advisory Panel… known by it’s acronym of “BAP”. Conversations suggest that this … Continue reading
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Tagged BAP, discernment, offering for ordination, priesthood
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Four gifts of the resurrection – Luke 24:36-48 (and a testimony from discernment)
In the sermon that follows, you will find my personal testimony of Christ’s presence and peace, as I experienced it in Ely in the hours immediately before my recent Bishop’s Advisory Panel, the final stage in the process of selection for … Continue reading
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Tagged BAP, discernment, Easter, Gospel-Luke, Pentecost
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Dare to Break Bread – a reflection from discernment
Following on from my previous reflections (here and here) written in the last few weeks before my BAP, re-reading the following written some months earlier I find that there have been several echoes of my reflections on what Bishop Jonathan Frost … Continue reading
Posted in life, ministry, theology - how God fits in, worship
Tagged BAP, books, crucifixion, discernment, eucharist, offering for ordination, priesthood
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An authentic Lent – a reflection from discernment
With less than 5 weeks to go before my Bishop’s Advisory Panel (BAP), I came to Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. This year I had no real need to ask myself what I could do to make the next … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, BAP, discernment, Easter, formation, Lent, offering for ordination, ordinand, priesthood
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The Faith and the Fear – a reflection from discernment
It is the first of at least two reflections that cover some of the thoughts and emotions I went through during the final stages of discernment of my calling to ordination (a process that my fellow parishioners at St Peter’s … Continue reading
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Tagged BAP, discernment, formation, offering for ordination, ordinand, priesthood, Transfiguration
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