tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post6701763219327944485..comments2024-03-19T08:14:09.776+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: 'Leaping the Vicarage Wall' - a book to ponderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-22105623823804563692013-04-01T13:56:13.395+01:002013-04-01T13:56:13.395+01:00OK - thanks John.
Do I take it this was all non-s...OK - thanks John. <br />Do I take it this was all non-stipendiary work?<br />I'm not C of E (although I was baptised C of E), not even Anglican (anymore), so I'm just trying to work out how you managed this - fulfilling your sense of what your call was/is while contending with the practicalities of earning a living. I've sometimes thought of the possibilities of non-stipendiary ministry. <br />Have read your blog for years, btw, and was chuffed to see you have a link to some of my research, even if it is in the "odd links" category ;o) <br />https://www.blogger.com/profile/08978657816767706667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-78461898797658641322013-03-31T12:47:57.680+01:002013-03-31T12:47:57.680+01:00Hi Mark, it's all in Crockford, but basically ...Hi Mark, it's all in Crockford, but basically a long stint as Chaplain to what became the University of East London, then Associate Minister to St John's in Stratford E London, then Associate Minister to the United Benefice of Henham and Elsenham with Ugley - where I still am.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-74048553640843239532013-03-31T12:40:07.658+01:002013-03-31T12:40:07.658+01:00John,
Can you fill us in on where you went from pa...John,<br />Can you fill us in on where you went from parish ministry?<br />Thankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978657816767706667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-80486734859490784692013-03-30T23:06:38.852+01:002013-03-30T23:06:38.852+01:00Thank you, John for such a thoughtful, compassiona...Thank you, John for such a thoughtful, compassionate and sympathetic review of Ronni's book. The issues are old friends, but I dream of and pray for a Church which has a stronger and more honest / less romantic-heroic vision of ministry as a shared realty based on giftedness expressed in community.Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.com