Mike's musings

Back home from Ditchingham

Up bright and early. Hmph. Another beautiful day, though. Worship in groups, breakfast, then a session on critiquing application of management theory to the church. After some clarification, Malcolm's point was not that all modern management theory is bad, but rather that what has typically been applied to the church is not done well. So I was mollified.

Coffee, then a session on time management, with a somewhat cheesy but nevertheless quite useful DVD. There were some very good suggestions that came out of the discussion afterwards, though, which was good.

Then to Eucharist. I was drafted into the choir, despite not having attended the rehearsal (it was yesterday afternoon, while I was asleep), and sang tenor. Most of the time. Did some roving, and discovered that I had bottom B flats and top B flats, too. 3 octaves! Silly... Ian was "commissioned" onto the course, which was good, and then lunch. Didn't leave until nearly 1420, as I needed to have a couple of conversations with people before leaving.

Still, got home in fairly good time, and Jo was very pleased to see me, as was I her. Moo's tired, but well, and I had a chance to chat over some of the more difficult issues from the course over supper (a Chinese from "Taste of China" in Birdbrook). She's a star, she really is, and I love her so much. Early to bed, is the plan.