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

[Susan Hagen]

Peace go with you wherever you go Marion.
Susan

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



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