A final piece of colloquial richness from America. Asked about the experience of being a bishop, someone quoted the late President Lyndon Johnson - who said that the experience of being President was like being ‘a jackass caught in a hailstorm.’ So now you know.
Meanwhile, the world of Scotland is full of interest [...]
Posts Tagged ‘‘church times’’
As the Readers’ Digest used to say ..
Monday, May 25th, 2009 by david | 1 Comments
Filed under: Blog Entry | Tags: 'church times', 'Giles Fraser', 'Lyndon Johnson', Putney
Filed under: Blog Entry | Tags: 'church times', 'Giles Fraser', 'Lyndon Johnson', Putney
Retreat
Wednesday, Apr 9th, 2008 by david | 0 Comments
Filed under: Blog Entry | Tags: 'church times', 'peter selby', 'war final solution', C2C
Filed under: Blog Entry | Tags: 'church times', 'peter selby', 'war final solution', C2C
It’s been interesting - being with clergy in their first three years of ministry. They seem so much more sensible and balanced than I was at that time. It’s been interesting some of the material which has arisen. These are clergy from Northern Ireland. I’m still pondering Bishop Peter Selby’s article [...]