Pulling legs or grains of truth!

It is Saturday morning!

A good busy week - Thursday a particularly good day - plenty to do, and plenty that went well.  The evening saw a meeting of the Trust which I chair, and which has caused me so many problems while I have been in Ollerton -  this meeting was very very positive.  I hope we can keep this going.  Before that meeting was a highlight - leading Communion in one of our Older People's Residential Homes.  I hadn't been there for over 3 months, and they were so pleased to see me.  Communion was so meaningful, and as I went round the room sharing the bread and wine, and thinking about all I had excperienced since I was last there, I thought how fortunate I was to be a priest.

Yesterday, other than two morning meetings, was a sorting out day.  Progress on tidying my study has been slow, and with the help of Tom, this progressed a little.  Had to get the place looking tidy - Martin and Stef are with us for the weekend, and their Vicarage is always so tidy and orderley.  Martin and Stef, our close freinds from Theological College days, arrived at teatime, and we had a great evening where Mark joined us.

We talked about most subjects, and had a wonderful couple of hours experimenting with music for worship on our iPads. 

Also comment was made about my blog!  I was really on a hiding to nothing, with Sue, Mark, Martin and Stef (who is usually on my side) commenting that what I write  is not the Richard they necessarily see.  I know they were pulling my leg, but I have tried to be as honest as I can in what I write.  So I may put a bit of spin on how things happen, or rather when they happen, but I have not written anything down that hasn't been true.  So it may be a tadge parsonic - is that really surprising seeing what my job is?  

The fact is that I am very concerned that what people read here, is the real Richard, and not Richard just rambling on.  Perhaps I have over-reacted - I usually do.  I love banter, I love having fun, at my expeonse, but I could never bear the thought of being les than authentic - in who I am, in what I say, in what I do, or in what I write.   Pull my leg all you like, I love it, really I do, but see the grain of truth running through it all, just as I see the grain of truth in what people say to me.

Today we are going for a trip and lunch on the Great Central Railway - promises to be a great day.  Still have a sermon to finish though for tomorrow.