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Mike's Journal

 

This journal was started when it became known that I had been accepted for training at The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education in Birmingham in preparation for non-stipendiary ministry in the Church of England. The first 35 articles were headed "Queen's counsel" and represented a current stage in the 3-year West Midlands Ministerial Training Course (WMMTC) but sometimes also sought to pick up a topical thought for the local Church.

Following ordination in July 2004, the series continued under the new name "Faith at Work" to reflect on experience of local ministry both within the parish of Codsall and in the workplace on behalf of the BCUIM (Black Country Urban Industrial Mission). Just as there is a general understanding that learning progresses throughout the whole of life, so there is a dawning awareness that spirituality is a characteristic of the secular as well as the sacred. Seeking the holy at the heart of life is fundamental to human existence, whether in the Church or in the World.

The journal takes the form of monthly articles for the Codsall Parish Magazine