tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post6015851018191211173..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: On Being a New Vicar - 18 Months OnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-18806640133403307632013-01-27T15:11:57.300+00:002013-01-27T15:11:57.300+00:0012 years into my present post, and I am more and m...12 years into my present post, and I am more and more mindful of the fact that little of what I have done here is of any lasting merit. I shall, as Tom Lehrer put it, "pass, and be forgotten with the rest", and that's how it should be. And for the present ... just try and keep walking with everyone else the twisting and turning path of faith.Richard Thornburghhttp://www.suffolksaints.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-38648554147241468992013-01-23T16:40:56.345+00:002013-01-23T16:40:56.345+00:00It's over 10 years since I was in your situati...It's over 10 years since I was in your situation, David, yet I recognise so much of what you say here. The main difference for me is that my children were grown up and married by then, but all your insights still ring very true. Just bear in mind that you will be remembered much more for the quality of the relationships you foster in the parish than for anything else other than a complete rebuild of the church itself.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-8361860525324473302013-01-23T15:03:31.194+00:002013-01-23T15:03:31.194+00:00Eighteen months! Can it really be so long since w...Eighteen months! Can it really be so long since we got rid of (lost), you? Only kidding, we still love you really.<br /><br />You seem to have settled really happily - all of you- and that's half the recipe for success.<br />Long may you and your congregation both benefit from and enjoy each other's efforts.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com