7:17 AM I'm more or less killing time before my stress test this morning. I'm not looking forward to that time. It includes the scan, and I have a great deal of trouble lying on my back for 40 minutes, especially on a hard, narrow table! The whole thing takes 5-6 hours, but there is a lot of waiting during this time.
Evening Musings
8:57 PM And so it begins: the discernment committee met this evening. The Rector was there, and the Archdeacon, but from now on we're on our own. They went over the process and decided not to drag it out. We will meet every two weeks for at least 6 times, maybe more. Our resource books will be the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and "Listening Hearts". The latter helps groups learn to use silence to hear what God has to say. This appeals to my Quaker background.
Each meeting will be built around Bible study, study of various parts of the BCP (first assignment is to read about the ordained orders), meditation on either or both, and silence. The Archdeacon said that this process is a powerful one for all concerned, not just the questioner, and often leads to discernment of ministry, ordained or not, for the members of the group also. He added that when a group like this works together, it is like a pebble in the water; it spreads throughout the congregation.
So, I'm excited for all of us. Who knows where this process will lead us? In the meantime, I sing the chorus of "I Am the Lord of Sea and Sky" on my walks. It makes me cry, so I more or less croak it, rather than sing. The last line of each stanza is "Whom shall I send?"
"Here am I Lord,
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
If you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart."

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