As can be seen, blogging hasn\u2019t been a consistent thing here at Daffey Thoughts. \u00a0Life and all. \u00a0As I\u2019ve said, I began this a century ago, when several parishes were inviting me to speak, and priests suggested I write, and this and that and so on and so on and scooby dooby doo. <\/p>\n
Well that was years ago. \u00a0Since then our family has been through it. \u00a0We\u2019re still hanging on by a thread, and for some reason, the Church has more or less shut us \u2013 or at least me \u2013 out. \u00a0Suddenly my services stopped being considered, and as I became more direct in trying to find my niche in the Church as a former Protestant minister, it seems I\u2019m in even less demand.<\/p>\n
Recently, after a series of talks and meetings, I was pointed to the man in charge of vocations in our diocese. \u00a0He seemed cautiously optimistic that we might be able to find something for me. \u00a0He said there were other individuals with far more baggage than I have that they\u2019ve worked with. \u00a0So he was to meet with the Bishop and bring my case to the powers that be. \u00a0That was a few weeks ago, and I\u2019m awaiting news on that front.<\/p>\n
But since that particular part of my life is in stall formation, and the rest of our lives have been a series of upheavals and near misses, it\u2019s taken away the time to do things like blog regularly. Not to mention other staples of the old Griffey Family. \u00a0And to be honest, if I\u2019m going to be shut out and my ministry days ended, keeping up with a blog even remotely associated with conveying thoughts and kicking things about ceases to be on even the top 1000 list of things to do.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, I remain cautiously optimistic. \u00a0Despite reasons to be skeptical of any future resolution, I\u2019m still holding out. \u00a0So I come today for my annual Halloween post. \u00a0OK, it\u2019s a cheap cop-out, like those old cartoons that were simply rehashing earlier cartoons, or those best-of shows that just looked at old scenes from earlier shows. \u00a0The following are some posts from former years, both with the boys and thoughts on the season in general. \u00a0Feel free to enjoy the day and have a Happy Halloween.<\/p>\n
Some posts that every person should read are\u00a0here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As can be seen, blogging hasn\u2019t been a consistent thing here at Daffey Thoughts. \u00a0Life and all. \u00a0As I\u2019ve said, I began this a century ago, when several parishes were inviting me to speak, and priests suggested I write, and this and that and so on and so on and scooby dooby doo. Well that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n