I've posted off my work for section A. Now to get on with B. Onward and upward as they say. It does feel good to have completed A, progress is being made.I think my tutor is more nervous than I as to the outcome, but then I am his first student. We are learning from each other.But then that should always be the case. It's an adventure we go on together.The course seems to be suiting me alright but I feel there are a lot of potentially excellent local preachers out there who are put off by the study. Something should be devised to include these good people, we can ill afford to do without them, especially as the numbers of ministers is dropping. What did Wesley do? You don't need a degree, or even A levels to preach. You need a call, and a close relationship with God.
There are two main types of depression, reactive, which is a reaction to your circumstances and endogenous, which is a part of your makeup and not entirely affected by your circumstances. I get the second type. When I am depressed I like to sleep a lot, this is probably not a good thing as depression can lift if you do not have extra sleep. It is all very well knowing that , but acting upon it is another thing. Exercise is also beneficial. Some sorts of depression can be lifted by taking these measures, but some people need medication. You need to get to know your doctor and develope a relationship with him/her where you feel you can trust their judgement. Do look for help as there are lots of possibilities out there. It is not good to spend long stretches of time on your own. Talking with other people will often help lift your spirits, especially if they are people who have gone through this experience themselves. Maybe you need to join a self help group. Avoid people who tell...
I was LP tutor in my last circuit, and was always nervous about the comments that would come back. There are scary folk like the Fat Prophet doing the connexional assesments!
ReplyDeleteYes Fp is assessing section B, so I shall have to pull my socks up. Thanks for commenting. It's always good to know there is someone out there. Have you read my Squidoo lens on becoming a local preacher. Here is the linkhttp://www.squidoo.com/preach
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ReplyDeleteI wanted to thank Richard for the complement. I do comment at some length on everything I mark as I believe feedback is important and I think I have been quite fortunate in having marked some excellent stuff. I was upset earlier this year because I had to fail someone but I wrote them two pages of A4 to try to help and encourage them to continue on the path.
In respect of the faith and worship course and Liz's comments about the difficulty of it, I do have some thoughts which I may well post on my own blog in the next few days - I have too received a letter from the LP Office indicating a review of the course is planned and circuits will be able to feed into this process. I hope circuit LP meetings do this as it is an important process.
I think your clock is out on here as I am posting at 8-47p.m.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments FP. I will see if I can arrange to discuss Faith and Worship with our LP meeting. It suits me fairly well but I think there are a lot of potentially good preachers out there who are being put off. We need them.
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