St Andrew

 I dreamed I'd agreed to preach a sermon about St Andrew. The opening was clear in my mind. It went something like this. "How surprised the Galilean fisherman would have been if you'd told him he was destined to become the patron saint of a country far to the north of which he'd probably never heard...."

Why St Andrew- a figure for whom I have no particular feeling? Why Scotland?

Power Games

 One of the very many reasons I gave up being a priest is because I was enjoying the politics too much and realised it was bad for me. Now, as a Quaker elder I've got a little footling power again and am making decisions that ruffle feathers- and I hate it. Well, that's progress, I think. 

It's like Ailz said, the people who hate wielding power are the people who should be doing it, not the people who find it fun.