York, St Marks (An Evening with KB, led by Stephen Philpott)
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How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me. -
Questions asked by Stephen Philpott
Preamble, you were curate in the church I attended in 1999-2002
1. After University, you moved to Wakefield - tell us about that.
I became a Christian when I was young - at age 10, that decision toughened me up throughout school.
Moved to Wakefield for work in 1977. Found a church. Hockey. Working & Studying in Accountancy.
2. Tell us about the car accident that changed your life. How long were you in hospital?
Car accident on 30 May 1979 - I was 23. I was in the Spinal Injuries Unit in Pinderfields Hospital for 9 months.
3. How did your faith survive all of that?
Prefer to see it as a time of flourishing, not me but those in the church who supported me. Resumed work in Accountancy. Called into Ordained ministry in 1997 Ordained 1999.
4. When did you marry? Tell us about Jennie. Do you have family? Tell us about that.
Met Jennie through church. Bretton student. married in 1986, 7 years after the accident.
5. What is the Lake of Tears all about? God answered my questioning in a dramatic way - the vision of the Lake of Tears.
6. You retrained for the ministry in Durham and ended up in Hospital Chaplaincy – was that always your intention? No, I had a bit of a phobia about hospitals!
7. You were a full-time Chaplain at Leeds – what was that like? Tell us about some of your encounters?
Story of Pam.
8. What next?
Moved to IoW as Lead Chaplain at both the Hospital and Hospice. Special encounters.
What are you up to now?
Writing. Grandparenting. Speaking here and there.
