Saturday 17 July 2010

Just getting on with the job

Interesting review by Philip Welsh in the Church Times of 13th July, ( http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/41772 ) quotes an unnamed country vicar
who was exasperated at being expected to jump in response to another centralised episcopal initiative, or else to say what he was intending to do instead. “I’m just getting on with the job,” he replied.
Having heard the shameless and very public confession of his source last week, I would agree that it obviously is not seen by some as being enough simply to get on with the job. There must be some new project initiative under way, something which says, "Look at this -- something is really happening here!"

Yet in a rural parish, the age old giving of real attention, prayer and love is what is needed - which is very far from being a project!

Thursday, 26 July 2007