On Fri April 18 2008 6:10 pm, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> How did your meeting with the bishop go?
I don’t think there was a problem. Getting licensed is kind
of a bureaucratic thing, so we talked about the process.
And I tended to talk about my current situation, being
carless. This severely limits where I can go to be useful.
After finding a parish and starting to do things there, the
interim felt that I could be more useful if I were
licensed.
There are things I wish I had said. I am a good to great
preacher. I have lots of experience as a spiritual
director.I have led group and individual retreats. I am good
at doing liturgy. I am a good scholar and teacher. I can
get across the meaning of scriptures and theology simply
and clearly. I have successful experience as a group
leader.
If there were deacon’s school here I would love to teach New
Testament, I would love to lead a group in studying the
Greek of the Christian Scriptures, clergy or lay. I would
be good at helping them with the Greek because I myself was
trained to do this.
I may even have acquired some wisdom. Certainly I have no
illusions about the holiness of the church. I know
too many stories and incidents and I am still in the
church.
As you can see, I was led after the meeting to assess my
strength and talents.
I think I will copy this to the Bishop.