Time where does it go?

Sifting through this blog I realised I haven't posted since Advent! Where does all the time go? I have recently been rereading Following the Silence - A Contemplative Journey by Georgina Alexander. In this she writes about grappling with her relationship with God and how at various times in her life this became increasingly difficult. Amongst all the busyness and business of being a Parish Priest it is all too easy too lose sight of what priestly ministry is about. I pray that as I am journeying towards lent I may rediscover some opportunity of spending more time quietly in God's prescence.

Advent

Advent is always a time to think about new beginnings but at times it can at least feel like the same old, same old. Preparations etc have meant that so far there has not been much time for reading, writing and further reflection but the cancellation of a wedding interview this morning has meant that a suprise gap has arisen. Having just finished writing a sermon entitled Crying in the Wilderness it can seem that as a Church and christian community it is at times all we seem to do. Sometimes however God challenges us to hand it over to him and humbles us in order for us to be truly exhalted. Each working day in the Parish we meet for Morning Prayer, they may be only a few of us, but in our simple way we bear witness to our dependence on God and our need to meet him. We use a simple order from the Scottish Episcopal Church it has much to commend it a wonderful starting point on which to begin the day.

Licensing at Wyndham

On Monday 1oth November I was licensed as Priest in Charge of Llandyfodwg and the Ogmore Valley. So begins this blog