Early morning start at Ambassadors' Business Breakfast with Hugh Vivian talking about the use of "silence" (and active listening) in the business environment. Very clever presentation with the first two minutes being a silent PowerPoint presentation. This meeting was followed by a quick trip into town for some more Christmas shopping and a cup of coffee at Waitrose where I met our old friend Louise in the coffee queue. She is still trying to move house. We exchanged pleasantries and then I drove to Alabare Place where I was on chaplaincy duty as usual. Not many in today but it still seemed to be quite hectic. Had long conversations with a couple of the drop-in guys and also spent quite a bit of time finalising the annual carol service with the manager. We've got four lessons and four carols - a cut down version of the traditional 9-Carols service. I think that we have now finally "cracked" it. I also had a telephone attendance with one of my clients in preparation for an employment tribunal in March. Andrew, the curate, and I went for our long overdue beer together and we spent a pleasant evening with him telling me all about his recent experiences in the Sudan. It's amazing how little we in the west know of the situation down in the south and the sparseness of medical care. The Diocesan Medical Link is a vital resource in the combatting of disease. Andrew has many more stories to tell which he will be doing to different audiences over the next few months. Fascinating stuff.
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