tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post8893992873639222814..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Moving on?Christine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-58452217124527549842009-03-01T16:41:00.000+00:002009-03-01T16:41:00.000+00:00And in charge of God's own people, yes? The ones l...And in charge of God's own people, yes? The ones left behind as well as the ones who go? <BR/><BR/>Funny, how much moving on I've heard of since I wrote that post!Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-47313516375797404512009-03-01T08:18:00.000+00:002009-03-01T08:18:00.000+00:00Priests/ministers/pastors sometimes fall into a di...Priests/ministers/pastors sometimes fall into a different category, or set of rules. It's sometimes to do with God, and where or what you think God is calling you to do. I know parishes which have been totally bereft or bewildered when their priest has moved on, and time showing them it was exactly what the parish needed at that point, because of how things turned out.<BR/><BR/>I've also felt "called" to move on when I didn't particularly want to go where I was obviously being called to be! Tough one too!<BR/><BR/>Sure, there are "Career Clergy" who want to get to the top of the tree as quickly as possible, but I would hope them to be very much in the minority.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, we either believe that God's in charge, or we don't! If we do, then parting is perhaps a sweeter sorrow.Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.com