David Keen wonders “Opinionated Vicars: Why should the dole queue have all the best bloggers?”
What is it about blogging vicars? An increasing number are ending up between jobs, of whom RevLesley is the most recent. …
She joins Peter Ould (now a financial analyst) and MadPriest, the original opinionated vicar, who has been unemployed since last summer.If I was doing a top 5 of the most outspoken online clergy, then these 3 would all be in it (along with Cranmers Curate). In at least one case, their blogging is one of the main factors in the lack of a CofE post. Without assuming that the individual is always right and the institution is always wrong, does this point to a problem with the CofE?
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Graham 10.19.11 at 11:38 am
I hope not.
People round where I live know I have a blog; I don’t advertise it but it is known.
Most people accept it with grace: it is fine to be ordained and human.
It worries me that in the case of some bloggers, some people don’t seem to accept that it is possible to be ordained and human and there seem to be chinese whispers ‘O she twittered- why isn’t she working 98 hours a week- where does she have time…… he said something controversial-can’t have that- bad for form’.
I hope it is compatible…I’m not stopping anyway.
Richard 10.19.11 at 1:28 pm
I’m very glad to hear that!