Gentlemen,
Since your ROP what are you doing to keep 'the edges hot'?
Posted by Steve Robach on November 5, 2007 01:18 AM|Permalink
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Since I took part in the MNROP in July 2007, I have moved from my position as Vicar in the Church of England after resigning . I swapped roles with my wife who now works full time and I work part-time. I work as chaplain in my local school and I work once a week with young offenders. I am training in counselling and 'run' the home. It has not been easy. The MNROP was a watershed and I was dealing with a lot of loss and fear there which accompanied me in the changing process. 'Keeping the edges hot'? I guess I am seeking out roles and responsibilites that are genuine and stimulate me rather than seem obliged. I resist anything that is not connected to my search for authenticity - this means saying 'no' to a lot of things esepcailly, it seems, to things in the church which I see increasingly as a community struggling to come to terms with its wounds and seeking rather to promote its successes and put in place structures to promote them. This seems to be 'early years' work rather than work of a mature community. Hence, I am a bit isolated, struggling to connect with the voices and roots that I heard ( albeit, through a buzz of mosquitos and depression..and in a different accent) in Sandstone in 2007
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Since I took part in the MNROP in July 2007, I have moved from my position as Vicar in the Church of England after resigning . I swapped roles with my wife who now works full time and I work part-time. I work as chaplain in my local school and I work once a week with young offenders. I am training in counselling and 'run' the home. It has not been easy. The MNROP was a watershed and I was dealing with a lot of loss and fear there which accompanied me in the changing process. 'Keeping the edges hot'? I guess I am seeking out roles and responsibilites that are genuine and stimulate me rather than seem obliged. I resist anything that is not connected to my search for authenticity - this means saying 'no' to a lot of things esepcailly, it seems, to things in the church which I see increasingly as a community struggling to come to terms with its wounds and seeking rather to promote its successes and put in place structures to promote them. This seems to be 'early years' work rather than work of a mature community. Hence, I am a bit isolated, struggling to connect with the voices and roots that I heard ( albeit, through a buzz of mosquitos and depression..and in a different accent) in Sandstone in 2007
Posted by: Mike Oates | May 11, 2009 12:59 PM