What is in Kelvin's Head?

How did I do with last year’s predictions?

31/12/2025
Here’s a run down of how I did at last year’s predictions.
- Good results for Nigel Farage following the English local elections in May. Terrible results for Conservative Party.
Exactly what happened. YES
- No progress towards the marriage of same-sex couples in the Church of England
Exactly what happened. Indeed, I think things may have gone into reverse. YES
- Turbulent year for WordPress, which powers about half of the internet.
The year began with Automattic dramatically cutting its contribution to development leading to stagnation in development and much acrimony. Subsequently restored. Deep divisions remain about Gutenberg. I’m claiming this as a YES.
- 2025 will be the hottest year on record.
Final figures yet to be calibrated but all reports indicate that this, unfortunately is a YES.
- No trade deal for UK with US. Increasing talk of re-aligning economy closer to EU.
Well, there was a trade deal in May called the Economic Prosperity Deal but it doesn’t seem to much and some of the basics have already been reversed. I suppose I have to be honest and say I didn’t get this quite right so it is a NO. But…
- Ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war but no long term solution.
Hard to assess this one. No long term solution, certainly. There have been a series of ceasefires proposed but none seems really to have been fully implemented. Partial YES.
- “Assisted Dying” aka doctor assisted suicide becomes legal in at least one of the jurisdictions of the British Isles.
I have to put this down as a NO as it completed its parliamentary journey in the Isle of Man but hasn’t received Royal Assent yet, so not technically legal.
- Turbulent year for economy but stock market higher at end of year than beginning. (FTSE currently at 8,173)
Stock market at 9,931 today and there was quite a lot of volatility in the first part of the year. So this one is a YES.
- There will be fewer Commonwealth Realms (ie countries which share the monarchy) by the end of 2025 than there are now.
This one is a NO though there has been significant progress in that direction in Jamaica and moves that way in Grenada.
- Philip Mountstephen.
Well, I was pushing Philip Mounstephen’s name as he appeared to be the only senior bishop in the C of E who actually believed the [absurd] position of the C of E bishops on same-sex relationships. But it is a NO – nothing significant to report.

So – five and a half out of ten this year. Not as good as some years. A couple of near misses.
new year, predictions. 2025

10 responses to “10 Tips on How to Date a Priest”

Lee Llewellyn-Thornhill

13/02/2015

Yet another great blog Kelvin and as always I’m giggling just a few lines in, its always a pleasure to read your blog and on this forthcoming (actually tomorrow) Valentines Day I send you Happy Valentines day wishes & *hugs*

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June Butler

14/02/2015

So having said that, how was your date? 😀

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1. Kelvin
  
  14/02/2015
  
  Oh, I forgot. …
  
  11 Clergy are experts at knowing how to draw a veil of discretion over anything at all.
  
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  1. Michelle Bailey
    
    17/02/2016
    
    Well said. 🙂
    
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John Duncan

14/02/2015

A rather minor point, but it’s OK to fall in love with your therapist. A therapist (should) be trained to explore this and use it to examine the underlying issues. Without succumbing to it, obviously.

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1. Scott Elliott
  
  16/02/2015
  
  That final comma is *absolutely* important!
  
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Tim

14/02/2015

Should clergy date other clergy, or is it better for clergy to date a lay person only?

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1. Kelvin
  
  14/02/2015
  
  I don’t see why clergy shouldn’t date one another.
  
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JCF

14/02/2015

Outstanding. Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone “in Kelvin’s Head”! 😉

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margaret

25/03/2015

I was married to a episcopal priest for 33 yrs, His previous marriage ended in divorce after 17 years, He reinvented himself as a voc rehab counselor with nys and had ties with the church as per diem for fill ins. This was unique. He loved it. My regrets are never severing his past full time priest life and fully embracing the current with 2 children of our own, Yes we had good times but I felt I was a fish out of water neither here or there. Harry died Feb 2014 we 3 are reinventing ourselves in the here and now but always look back- what if, how come, its hard. My advice. Know that special man in black frim the seminary. Immerse yourself in his life and know it would be quite unique.

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