Three years on but have I found a spiritual home? But then do I need to?
It's just over three years since we moved into Banbury and retirement from active ministry. I can write honestly saying there has not been a single moment or thought that I made a mistake in retiring early. Neither do I miss for a moment regularly leading services let alone all those meetings. What I have experienced is the challenge for anyone seeking to find a church and sticking with it, and of course the knowledge that there is no such thing as the perfect church. That begs the question does it mean all you can hope for is one which ticks enough boxes to enable you to stay part of it? One of our daughters, husband and children have been trying to find a church after their own got messed up by the arrival of a new priest some years ago. Lots of people began to leave the church, and after trying very hard to stick with it, they decided to move on and find another. They have been to a number of churches, and if you have children that can be really hard. While the prea...