I received the holy mysteries yesterday from someone who celebrated wearing brown shoes.
The shoes in question were beautifully polished and the feet that they were on were of the most reverend quality, (the Most!) but it still bothers me 24 hours later.
Time we rewrote the canon on clergy dress, I think.
Tell me someone do, is my desire for shiny black footwear at the altar of the Lord merely my own sad fetish which I should deal with quietly and with appropriate counselling?
OMG, there’s another ex Wick High student leaving messages for Kelvin…now that is worrying. Personally I have a beautiful pair of black suede chelsea boots…will they do?
I remembered this post when I could clearly see the vicar of Emmanuel Church, Saltburn-by-the-Sea wearing not only brown shoes but brown trousers whilst officiating at my aunt’s funeral last week. He had the same shoes on at the 9am communion service. Mind you, the church’s slogan is “no perfect people allowed” 🙂
I know of one Bishop, whose choice of footwear are a pair of purple Doc Martins. This matches what he wears to officiate. The first time I met him it was the Docs that stood out. From there I was born again, so shoes can have an influence on people.
Dharma the shoe fetishist. LOL.