Reflections on an Ordination

"Ordination is an invitation from Jesus to take a walk with him. A hike, really." - Me, as said upon my introduction to the new clergy.

I attended my curate’s [assistant’s] ordination this past Saturday. It has been ten years since I last attended an ordination liturgy.

At that last one I was younger than the bishop, the preacher, most of the participating clergy, and even the ordinand. Now however, the ordinand, preacher, and even the bishop are younger than I. The newer clergy address …