Thought for the Week: Giving over

Michael Nisbet reflects on ministry and misunderstandings

by Michael Nisbet 29th November 2013

To say anything at all is to risk being misunderstood. The consequences can be comic, tragic or merely annoying. Sometimes I have not been ‘misunderstood’ but, rather, ‘understood otherwise than I intended or would have wished’. This has, I find, often been the case when I’ve offered ministry in Meeting for Worship.