Not a normal vicar

Thursday, 6 April 2017

How did I get here?

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One of the thoughts I get from time to time given my condition is “How did this happen?” Or “How did I come to be in a wheelchair?” After ...
Tuesday, 28 February 2017

New Shoes

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A highlight when I was a child was getting some new shoes. I only got new shoes when I had outgrown my previous pair or had worn them out. ...
Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Thanks for the memories

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An ice breaker game loved of management training days often included getting those on the course to say something about themselves that othe...
Tuesday, 14 February 2017

They laughed when I sat down at the piano ....

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One thing I’m trying to do whilst off sick, especially as it gets the brain going, is to learn the piano. This will be my fourth attempt ...
Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Putting your body on the line

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It is a time of the year I really enjoy, for last weekend the Six Nations rugby tournament started. If I can, I watch all the games but I ma...
Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Alone again naturally

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Since being “confined to barracks”, there’s been a concern that I’ll be home alone for many hours each day. This is true – Anne and Tom hav...
Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Seeing things from a wheelchair

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In order to develop empathy with another person it is often said that “Before you criticise a man you have to walk a mile in his shoes”. As...
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The title of this blog was inspired by a conversation I had in the early days of ministry with a non church goer. I had arranged to meet her to discuss a baptism for her children. She said to me "I like you. You're not like a normal vicar are you?" (a) I don't know what a "normal" vicar is like and (b) I'm not a vicar. I am a Methodist minister (Vicar is a term used in the Anglican church for a parish priest.) However, I like the sentiment a lot. And the day I become like a "normal vicar" is the day I've lost my calling. The views expressed in this blog are my own and not necessarily those of the Methodist Church or indeed anyone else!
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