[Magdalen] When you come to a fork in the road take it

[Jay Weigel]

There are two perfectly good churches within close walking distance of my
new home -- I in no way plan to leave The Church and my faith, but the
tyranny of little men doesn't have to fill my days (not that I said that!).

Pity you didn't! Little men like that need to be told such every now and
again!

((((Marion))))

On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I effectively may have delivered my farewell to St. P's at coffee this
> morning.  I was the intercessor and once again, as usual, the PIC had
> totally rewritten them.  Like totally.  It is such a slap. Like I'm
> incapable of composing appropriate prayers for our Remembrance Sunday or
> any other day?  If he wants short, can't he, as a minimum courtesy email a
> few days before and make the request?   He appeared not to know that I am
> the licensed lay reader, yes, licensed by the Bishop and writing the PoP is
> my responsibility along with occcasional preaching, etc., nobody had told
> him anything about who is who around St. P's, he said.  Anyway, an
> unpleasant exchange in which I was pretty overheated ended with him saying
> he's going to speak to the bishop for clarification and me agreeing.  He
> holds that our Anglo-Catholic tradition is only a few years old (he's
> surely been listening to someone!) and he plans to hold a parish meeting
> and put it to a vote, i.e., what do the people want.  And there was a
> certain amount of what I would call spiritual blackmail about how I should
> put St. P's first over what I want.  I said I'm 77 and I have spent my life
> putting everything and everyone else first over me, my mate, and my family,
> and no more! There are two perfectly good churches within close walking
> distance of my new home -- I in no way plan to leave The Church and my
> faith, but the tyranny of little men doesn't have to fill my days (not that
> I said that!).
>
> So, will I have a call from our Area Bishop pinning my ears back, taking
> away my licence, or what? Either one of them can, in fact, dump me, and
> maybe that would be all right.  I think I've reached that fork.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>