Another SEITE training weekend looms. The subject is ‘work and rest’. I’ve been away most of this week (as I am most weeks in fairness) so the best way for me to rest would be to stay home!

I really love the people I am going away with. We are coming to the end of our training. We are being told where we are going to be deployed to as curates or whatever and it is an exciting time – but (and that is a big but) I am tired of having to be away at weekend, sharing rooms, attending compulsory sessions, being given more work and then having to return to another full week of my real job. I know when I am there that I will enjoy the company of my friends – but as I write I could really do without this weekend and just stay home. This weekend we are at Herne Bay Court, and will be one of the last groups before it closes.

A plus of the weekend is that I get to work with a group of friends as we set up The Labyrinth as a worship experience for all these trainee priests to walk through. I personally love the concept of labyrinths and am looking forward to seeing how others respond to a different experience where others have skillfully taken an ancient concept and reformed it in a post modern setting. You can get a feel for this at the online labyrinth which is a great use of an hour or so if you are looking for some space to reflect in the presence of God.