tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post5797468275948753093..comments2023-08-10T09:38:07.159+01:00Comments on Revising Reform: Facebook and networks, Mother and priestRev R Marszalekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-63877039643779900982011-01-29T14:55:37.605+00:002011-01-29T14:55:37.605+00:00its the name as much as anything I'm afraid..!...its the name as much as anything I'm afraid..!!Way too twee!<br />agree with the clan thing, and attraction to the likeminded, I just tend to find that my "likeminded" groups are more about mind than life stage -IYSWIM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-1396696784912059572011-01-28T22:30:04.941+00:002011-01-28T22:30:04.941+00:00Thank you both - raises interesting points about t...Thank you both - raises interesting points about the diversity of our reactions to such groups - personally I think that the 'clan' tendencies within human beings are manifested everywhere. I am beginning to wrestle with my own ambivalence to networking. I am conscious of issues of power and ghettoising but conscious too of my own attraction to the like-minded.Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-16535711845076010682011-01-28T08:32:51.424+00:002011-01-28T08:32:51.424+00:00All of the above is so true Rachel and extreamly r...All of the above is so true Rachel and extreamly relevent to me as I prepare to be ordained on the 3rd of July this year and still try to maintain a secure upbringing for our four children who are all at varying stages of dependance. being 19, 17, nearly 13 and 11.<br />I find myself approaching my impending ordination and curacy with a mixture of excitement, nerves and anxiety. But I do feel very fortunate to have the most understanding training incumbant who has made it clear that he understands that at times family commitments will have to take priority. I am reminded somewhere in the bible where it says(and no I don't always remember where passages are!) God will nurture those who have young.<br /><br />anyway enough of my ramblings<br /><br />SuzanSuzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186905146044044305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-16717091009768611642011-01-27T23:16:07.932+00:002011-01-27T23:16:07.932+00:00I may be rushing in where angels fear to tread, bu...I may be rushing in where angels fear to tread, but as a mother of young children and teenagers, the last thing I want to do is be defined by them, I'm sorry but I could no more join a group called "clergy mummies" than fly to the moon. Yes I will be juggling their needs and mine & Mrs F's and those of the funeral director... yes I will have days when I'm torn ( as a student on a course I have those days most days, without the luxury of days " in college" and set lecture times) yes I'm interested in how motherhood and ministry works out, yes I want to do the best for my children whom I love more than life itself, but as a deacon, a priest, a minister, what I want is to be good at what I am called to do within my life as it is<br />whatever that is.<br />I have never wanted to be "defined" by being a mother, its part of me, of course, but it isn't what defines me or my vocation, which I have walked with for many years before motherhood... and now I have no wish to be patronised because i juggle kids and ministry, study, domestics...everything else...<br />yes I will need to seek support from those who know what it is like ( will need? do... and will continue to do so..) yes of course the children and their needs are high high up on my priorities, and motherhood has been part and continues to be part of my formation, but I still feel that we women, we mothers ghettoise ourselves too readily, too frequently... and when we do, perhaps we only have ourselves to blame that others follow our lead...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com