tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244275961793143825.post7580130688958992452..comments2023-11-25T18:02:19.234+00:00Comments on Seeker: Holding on and letting goNancy Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244275961793143825.post-3852493841259477512016-07-28T08:34:43.631+01:002016-07-28T08:34:43.631+01:00I'm also retired, but now with 'Permission...I'm also retired, but now with 'Permission to Officiate' as a priest. There is no retirement in the Christian life but discerning how best to serve as one gets older is not always easy. I pray that your LLM service will be long and fruitful well past the licensing period. It strikes me that from a biological view point to live is to change - the cells of our bodies are constantly renewing. So to live as a Christian also implies continual change. Without change there is no growth only death. Nancy Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244275961793143825.post-91021272103328504502016-07-28T07:16:50.108+01:002016-07-28T07:16:50.108+01:00It's even harder to completely change your lif...It's even harder to completely change your life. I did, through God's grace, but the change was still difficult - I don't hanker after the old life, as that was quite egocentric and displaced room for God and people to a large extent. When I retired, I had planned to work part-time and to do all of the things that I promised (a bucket list) myself. But God had other idea's and now after nearly 7 years of retirement, I am within a few months of being licensed by the Bishop for Lay Ministry - something that had never, ever featured in my plans for the future. The irony being that my license will only run for two years until age 70, when I will have to request PTO. God and the Church take their time, but if we're patient, all eventually works itself out.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com