The First Week at St. Michaels in Llandaff

For those that have been wondering where the recent blog updates have vanished too, I’ve been away at the ordinand college of St. Michaels in Llandaff. As my previous post points out, the internet connection there is a little… lacking. It’s taken me all week to get over it, I mean, the shock of having to resort too.. *cringe*.. pen and paper!

The week has been long and tiring. The routine has been a hard change, up in time for 7:45 Morning Worship, followed by breakfast, and then into introductions to the whole program formation for Ministry. Lunch at 12:30, and then back for more introductions. A final service, either a eucarist, all age worship, prayer meetings, or evning prayer at 5:30. There is also a compline on Monday and Wednesday at 9:30, but these are optional. We have to make 2 services a day.

The most important thing that we learnt was about having to wright reflections. There has been so much to reflect on this week, from the feelings of being deskilled, to being overwhelmed by the change, and of being surrounded by a large number of people who knew a lot more than me about leading worship.

The early mornings are killing me. That and not being able to sleep properly while my body clock adjusts from the late nights and late mornings to this new, early morning, early evening sleeping routine. As you can see from the time of this post, I’ve still not got it right.

With a bit of luck there will be some reflections up over the week as I make myself walk down to the library to post them online. Ahh, the love I have for my non-existing readership.

Keep reading, and with a bit of luck, this blog might get a bit more interesting.

~Black Xanthus.

Addendum: I found this interesting idea about what precisely it is that Jesus died for. A lot of people have difficulty with the idea that he died to remove “Original Sin”, being as Original Sin is based on the story in Genesis, and doesn’t seem to make sense to us all these years later. It’s and interesting perspective, and yet another thing that I may need to wright a reflection on.