My Sheffield placement is coming to a close - with only a month or so left to complete. It is coming to a natural close too, which is great!
I'm getting used to moving on and moving about... From Suffolk to Mirfield, from Mirfield to parts of Africa and Zimbabwe, from there to Sheffield!
So much has happened here in Sheffield too and I've learnt so much. I've preached at Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms, led services, preached on Sunday, visited the sick, the dying and the joyful and living! Met so many interesting people - so many hurt people - so many joyful people. I have come a long way from inward looking Carl two or three years ago to a rather noisy and confident Carlyboy! (I hope that's good!) I've learnt one thing above all - that God loves me! This might sound an obvious and strange thing to say I've learnt, but I've also learnt that the biggest sin and biggest killer in our society is not being able to be the way God has made us - not being true to ourselves. In my previous blog 'Welcoming Arms' I explain that a little...
So, another move... to Bristol this time... to begin a three year course in Theology and training for the priesthood. I go in at a time when the Church of England is struggling and in need of peace... but it is at this time when we are learning who we are, what the church is really about and what we are called to be.
What are we called to be? Confident hypocrites... rejoicing sinners... confident and sure of God's love not just for us, but for all people...
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