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

[Marion Thompson]

Thanks, Jay.  I'm feeling pretty low.  It probably weighs a lot more on 
me than him, but it's the place I've called home for seven years.  He 
holds that the form of the liturgy has caused people to leave,  "people 
have said".  Well, let them be named.  " I haven't changed anything", he 
says.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 11/8/2015 5:40 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> 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
>>