Happy New Year.

I got my 2016 diary yesterday....
A variety of church diaries are available to the clergy. Some are very big , about the size of a heavy dictionary.
When I was first ordained this big book was the one I opted to carry around with me..
It did the job perfectly but it was heavy and took up a lot of room in my bag....
After a couple of years I decided to try a smaller version . I looked at several different ones in the local SPCK...
As well as being able to record forthcoming events it held a small lectionary...gave details of where we are in the church year and has room to note several appointments in any one day...
I bought one of each that year, still believing that for funerals and weddings I would need to be able to make whole pages of notes...
By the end of the year I realised that I had only used the small diary..
It fits nicely into a pocket..or a small handbag. I have now a collection of these useful little books. They are in a row on one of my bookcases, easily accessed when I need an old phone number, or check someone's new surname...
The one that arrived yesterday looks exactly like all the others..and that is a comfort in this rapidly changing world..but there is one obvious significance in the arrival of the new book.....the year is rushing past at top speed...Advent is on its way!
And after that.......oh dear!

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