Thread closed      Thread closed My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » You are not logged in. Login or Register Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » Time for shore-leave: Gamaliel bows out for now Email this page to a friend or enemy.     Source: (consider it) Thread: Time for shore-leave: Gamaliel bows out for now Gamaliel Shipmate # 812 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:08                        Brothers and sisters. It's time I bowed out for some shore-leave. I won't leave the Ship entirely but I will fast from it for a while. I owe a lot to people here and I have a lot of time for all of you, even those I clash with regularly. I meant to 'fast' from the Ship during Lent but didn't. So I'm going to do so now. I won't go into detail but I've started seeing a 'spiritual director' and even though they didn't 'tell' me to do this or anything of the kind, I felt a sense of confirmation (yes, EE, some 'experience if you like, but based on lots of other criteria and not simply a gut instinct ) that I ought to give the Boards a rest for a bit. This is going to require some will power and may be difficult - particularly when there're discussions about events in my old home-town etc and when I patently like the sound of my own voice. But there is a time for silence. And this is it for me. I may browse but will aim not to post. If you want to bid me a decent shore-leave or even (justifiably) tell me where to get off, please feel free but I feel that I need to discipline myself not to get drawn into online chat for the time being. If I have offended anyone, I apologise. And I will be back (whether or not your find that a good prospect or not). But in the meantime, God bless the Ship and all who sail in her. May God bless and keep you all. -------------------- Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord for He is kind. http://philthebard.blogspot.com Posts: 15997 | From: Cheshire, UK | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged TomOfTarsus Shipmate # 3053 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:12                    The peace of Christ to you. Enjoy your land-lubbing! Tom -------------------- By grace are ye saved through faith... not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ... ordained that we should walk in them. Posts: 1570 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA | Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged MrsBeaky Shipmate # 17663 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:18                        Oh! As a newcomer to the ship, I'd just like to say I've enjoyed your posts and I'll miss you. Hope your time away is more fruitful than you could ever have dreamt it would be... Every blessing -------------------- "It is better to be kind than right." http://davidandlizacooke.wordpress.com Posts: 693 | From: UK/ Kenya | Registered: Apr 2013  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:20                     Not a "flounce" but a "stroll". May good things come of it, and may you return refreshed. ETA: you do realize that you've posted in Purg instead of All Saints? I know Purg is your native board but still.... [ 13. May 2013, 17:22: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ] -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Komensky Shipmate # 8675 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:21                     Pax! K. -------------------- "The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity." - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 1784 | From: UK | Registered: Oct 2004  |  IP: Logged Enoch Shipmate # 14322 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:30                     Wishing you all the best. I for one, will miss your posts, which to my mind, have a lot of good sense in them. -------------------- Brexit wrexit - Sir Graham Watson Posts: 7610 | From: Bristol UK(was European Green Capital 2015, now Ljubljana) | Registered: Nov 2008  |  IP: Logged The Rhythm Methodist Shipmate # 17064 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:35                     I'll really miss your posts, Gamaliel - make it a short break! Posts: 202 | From: Wales | Registered: Apr 2012  |  IP: Logged Kyzyl Ship's dog # 374 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:41                     Good luck. Hope your break goes well. -------------------- I need a quote. Posts: 668 | From: Wapasha's Prairie | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:44                       and best wishes. From what you've said, might be worth trying an occasional fast from *reading* the Ship, too. Go for a walk, look at some flowers, or read the XKCD site and some of its affiliates. -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Doublethink. Ship's Foolwise Unperson # 1984 Posted 13 May, 2013 18:45                       This is not a purgatory thread. Doublethink Purgatory Host -------------------- All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell Posts: 19219 | From: Erehwon | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Barnabas62 Shipmate # 9110 Posted 13 May, 2013 23:37                     Enjoy your time out, Phil. Looks like a timely move. Hope to see you around. -------------------- Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? Posts: 21397 | From: Norfolk UK | Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted 13 May, 2013 23:42                     Enjoy your time out: I'm sure you have good reasons. Good to see you will be lurking so we won't forget you. -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Emendator Liturgia Shipmate # 17245 Posted 14 May, 2013 01:37                        Enjoy your time ashore - just remember to give time for your sea-legs to adjust! Pax! -------------------- Don't judge all Anglicans in Sydney by prevailing Diocesan standards! Posts: 401 | From: Sydney, Australia | Registered: Jul 2012  |  IP: Logged Boogie Boogie on down! # 13538 Posted 14 May, 2013 07:42                    I wish you a happy shore leave, Gamaliel. Be sure to skim past a Certain Person's post if you are lurking! Come back when you are ready, refreshed and revitalised. -------------------- Garden. Room. Walk Posts: 13030 | From: Boogie Wonderland | Registered: Mar 2008  |  IP: Logged Qoheleth. Semi-Sagacious One # 9265 Posted 14 May, 2013 08:18                     Blessings on you in your break -------------------- The Benedictine Community at Alton Abbey offers a friendly, personal service for the exclusive supply of Rosa Mystica incense. Posts: 2532 | From: the radiator of life | Registered: Apr 2005  |  IP: Logged goperryrevs Shipmtae # 13504 Posted 14 May, 2013 09:22                        l8rs dude -------------------- "Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole." - David Lynch Posts: 2098 | From: Midlands | Registered: Mar 2008  |  IP: Logged Cara Shipmate # 16966 Posted 14 May, 2013 09:45                    Have a good break, and I look forward to seeing you back again when the time is right. I always enjoy your posts, which you call "sitting-on-the-fence"--ish sometimes, but I call "seeing both sides of the question with wisdom and maturity." (Maybe because I too love the top of that fence!!) -------------------- Pondering. Posts: 898 | Registered: Feb 2012  |  IP: Logged Nicodemia WYSIWYG # 4756 Posted 14 May, 2013 10:14                       I will miss you - but enjoy your break, and return refreshed, revitalised and everything else you wish for. Posts: 4544 | From: not too far from Manchester, UK | Registered: Jul 2003  |  IP: Logged hatless Shipmate # 3365 Posted 14 May, 2013 11:14                       Cheers, Gamaliel! Enjoy the break, and enjoy having been able to make the decision to have one. May it feel like a gift to yourself. -------------------- My crazy theology in novel form Posts: 4531 | From: Stinkers | Registered: Sep 2002  |  IP: Logged Offeiriad Ship's Arboriculturalist # 14031 Posted 14 May, 2013 11:28                     Blessings and good wishes from me too. Look forward to seeing you back when the time is right. Posts: 1426 | From: La France profonde | Registered: Aug 2008  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted 14 May, 2013 17:38                     We're not overly fond of farewell threads here on the Ship and this one has run for just under 24 hours so I shall close it now. Blessings and peace Gamaliel. Thread closed. WW All Saints Host -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? 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