Archive for October 2007

Different realities

Oct 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Ministry

There was a card this morning from my favourite English clergyman, a man whose ministry has been very different from anything possible in Ireland.

Spending years amongst the great and the good, he has developed a graciousness and humility that come from seeing people and seeing the world as they really are.  The line-up of those whom he has met would make the gossip columnists jump up and down with excitement; it would make the paparazzi lather at the mouth.  He is unfazed by any of it.

His words spoke …