tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post5448596869133370337..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: Getting It WrongAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-3051749046631187682010-12-06T16:14:44.224+00:002010-12-06T16:14:44.224+00:00Thanks to you all. I appreciate your kindness and ...Thanks to you all. I appreciate your kindness and your candour. I reflect on the fact that I am glad to know when I chuff people off sometimes, than to gad aimlessly through life like some effervescent elf. Whoever said that learning would ever easy for a proud fool like me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-89940671536958721952010-12-06T16:10:18.999+00:002010-12-06T16:10:18.999+00:00Now now OrsenNow now OrsenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-61460660792032798622010-12-06T15:49:44.424+00:002010-12-06T15:49:44.424+00:00Why not become an evangelical? You can then be rud...Why not become an evangelical? You can then be rude to gays and women all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-69835667216188293382010-12-06T15:12:30.234+00:002010-12-06T15:12:30.234+00:00No-one who has been "entertained" by one...No-one who has been "entertained" by one of your more Cloakey sermons could ever accuse you of not getting the message in there somewhere,<br />The way in which you do it has quite a powerful affect on those listening.<br />Of course you do not always 'get it right' Who does?<br />I'm sure this extends to the way you do most things, maybe not the way most people do them but all the more interesting for that. As you say, you are you, why try to be someone else?Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-27670068092219953782010-12-06T14:57:19.164+00:002010-12-06T14:57:19.164+00:00You CANNOT please all de people all de time. (Oh, ...You CANNOT please all de people all de time. (Oh, HOW you cannot do that!)<br />If you are pleasing any of de people any of de time you are probably doing rather well.<br />(But it's always good to be put back in your place now & again.)<br />Don't change.Doorkeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833186676034988104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-7833851028093277852010-12-06T13:34:54.735+00:002010-12-06T13:34:54.735+00:00My experience is that I need to make theses kinds ...My experience is that I need to make theses kinds of "mistakes" in order to learn. One doesn't come to the priesthood knowing how to do everything and sometimes it takes a spectacular goof up for me to learn (yet again) that 1) I don't do everything well all the time, 2) some of my ideas are not good in every situation, and 3) I need to continue to look to mentors (and sometimes those mentors turn out to be my parishioners, even the ones I ticked off) who really teach me how to be a priest. I am learning that the folks who are entrusted to my care can teach me a lot, even though I think I'm supposed to be teaching them!<br />Chin up, as Mary says. You've had a learning experience.Penelopepiscopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-71665548281002850312010-12-06T13:27:08.341+00:002010-12-06T13:27:08.341+00:00can I just say 'I love marmite' it doesn&#...can I just say 'I love marmite' it doesn't pretend to be what it is not nor change it's ingredients to try to please everyone!!! Sometimes, as ministers, we can easily forget that we, too, are human and being human = mistakes....but then being perfect, as you know, I wouldn't understand any of this!!! take care, love Judyxx (moreteajudy on twitter)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-33224630824514860362010-12-06T12:31:16.022+00:002010-12-06T12:31:16.022+00:00Very difficult situation - but yes, you are called...Very difficult situation - but yes, you are called to be you, and (like all of us) are learning all the time. <br /><br />My sense is that you will indeed be a conduit for God's grace and love in how you respond to this. Prayers that your relationship with offended party will recover and grow through this.<br /><br />And don't forget God's love for you too!!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651859378584593344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-29645826395224118112010-12-06T12:24:59.644+00:002010-12-06T12:24:59.644+00:00Don't change to accommodate anyone. The great...Don't change to accommodate anyone. The greatest gift you can give is yourself and not a modified version. I know we have always to be polite and I would never be aggressive but I would not fudge an answer either. It's a tightrope act sometimes but you are more than capable of dealing with it.Revjeanrolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-33587402899561107902010-12-06T12:11:41.243+00:002010-12-06T12:11:41.243+00:00You can't get it right all the time, David. A...You can't get it right all the time, David. Aware of the pitfalls and potential problems you can only do your best. And when it goes wrong you can apologise to upset people and learn something from the experience. Chin up, I don't know you in real life, but you are an encouragement to me and many through your blog and I thank you. Mary xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com