50 things you ought to know about me:
I love the colour purple
I used to be a paid-up member of the Scottish Socialist Party and the LibDems
I am an ENFP
I like the Harry Potter books
My favourite old movie is Random Harvest
I love the smell of incense
Jo Malone candles are my favourite (especially Pomegranite Noir)
I hate tulips – especially cut ones in a vase when they start to droop
I was a tomboy
I was ordained by two bishops
I love John Duncan’s painting ‘St Bride’
Iona holds a special place in my heart
If I could go anywhere in the world it would be back to Florence or Assisi
I don’t like olives or celery
I love to look at sunlight on water
My computer knowlege is all self-taught
I used to be a Sign Writer and Graphic Designer
Injustice makes me angry
Going to St Michael and All Saints is like going home
I don’t do gardening
I find Transactional Analysis useful
You’ll find me on Facebook
I have two sons
I am a member of Affirming Catholicism
I helped set up Changing Attitude Scotland
Angel perfume is one of my favourites
My first single was Wishing Well by Free
I can recite The Return of Albert by Stanley Holloway
Sport is not my thing
Once I did an after-dinner speech to a Ladies Golf Club and got paid for it
I never drink alone
St Rita is my favourite saint
I have a rather large collection of religious tat
My memory is not what it used to be
My favourite hymn is I Heard The Voice of Jesus Say
I don’t play any musical instruments but wish I did
Sean Connery does it for me
I have watched every Big Brother series
Medicine holds a fascination for me
Perfume is one of my favourite books
I won a prize for handwriting in primary school
During the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh (1970) I helped at scoring for Fencing
Puffins make me smile
I have no sense of direction
Jesus is the man
I love the Archers
I once met Kenneth Leech
Moisturiser is a must
Moths get me moving
I have never been a member of any other church
10 responses so far ↓
Linda McMillan // September 20, 2007 at 4:56 pm |
I like Angel and St. Rita too!
I’ll eat olives and celery if they are finely chopped and hidden within some other food. Otherwise, I’m with you.
Lindy
revruth // September 20, 2007 at 5:24 pm |
Wow! Hardly anyone has ever heard of St Rita. She’s the best!
Kathryn // October 4, 2007 at 7:03 pm |
Arrived here via Tom Allen and am now getting all excited at similarities along the way – in faith, politics and literature though not in the kitchen. And earlier this year I ?had supper/ with Ken Leech. I’m still wondering if that means that I ought to be in awe of myself, as someone who has met him
revruth // October 5, 2007 at 9:09 am |
Oh Ken is my biggest hero, so you must be too! Good to meet you, Kathryn.
Tracey MacDonald // September 28, 2008 at 8:43 pm |
Hi Ruth…
I think i met you a couple of times at St Peter’s Linlithgow!
One time there was an amazing, lump-in-the-throat prayer, which i can’t remember exactly, but it was something along the lines of ‘come not because __________ because you want to love God better’… something like that.
I’d written to tell you how much it moved me, and you were so lovely and emailed it to me, complete with a bit of history about the author!
(i’ve since lost it again, but if you felt so inclined to give me it again, I *promise* to lose it never again!!
I’ve seen you on Facebook, so if i ask you to friend me there… let’s be friends!
Tracey
revruth // September 29, 2008 at 8:30 am |
HI Tracey,
thanks for stopping by. Here is the prayer (adapted from George MacLeod who founded the Iona Community):
Come, not because you are strong but because you are weak.
Come, not because of any goodness of your own but because you need mercy and help.
Come, because you love the Lord a little and would like to love him more.
Come, because he loves you and gave himself for you.
Tracey MacDonald // October 1, 2008 at 6:23 am |
You’re such a star… thanks (again!!)
Jas // October 21, 2008 at 11:50 pm |
Thanks for your comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog about curates being bullied by incumbents. I am one such curate who has been bullied for 2 years by an insecure incumbent (who incidentally is only in his 40’s)which has resulted in my being ill for several months. But I made the mistake of telling an Archdeacon and a Bishop what was happening. Huge mistake! Now I’m considered as unfit and unable to cope who probably will end up having to resign, just for speaking the truth. Why do they find it so hard to believe that incumbents could do this?
It was really refreshing and encouraging to see you ’speak up’ about this common, but often hidden problem.
J
revruth // October 22, 2008 at 8:17 am |
Jas, I do feel for you and you are in my prayers. My training incumbent, also in his 40s, behaved atrociously towards me (and members of the congregation) and caused me to be off sick for 3 months before I was allowed to move. Although i suspect the Bishop didn’t really believe what I told him, he did eventually agree to move me. But i will never forget that feeling of helplessness and despair.
I think one of the problems is that curacies are given to churches who can afford curates and not to the clergy who might be good trainers. And so many of them seem to find young curates brimming with new ideas and fresh expressions of church threatening. So sad.
Please don’t resign. Keep asking for a new curacy. Do you have a Spiritual Director who is respected by the bishop who could speak up for you? If not, get one. And I shall keep you in my prayers.
Rev Ruth // October 29, 2008 at 4:44 pm |
Jas, I don’t have your email address but if you read this again please check out BALMnet (www.balmnet.co.uk) which you may find helpful. Someone who studies this subject passed it on to me.