The everyday spirituality of marking!? ::

Blame Steve Taylor for this post, that or the end of the year has finally got to me... But Steve's post "everyday spirituality of ironing" which reads:

One of the neat things about ironing,
is the chance to pray for those who wear the clothes,
in a whole range of life and work situations.

made me think of marking, it's the boring chore that I do most often. Barbara does the ironing, I do the coking (and I love cooking, little time to think or pray though - when the flame hits the pot!) I suppose I could pray while mowing, but that does not work as well, I'm no St Francis to pray for the Mynas and the Thrushes, or even the cats that prey on them!

But marking, like the huge pile of exam scripts on my desk right now, that I do lots of, and it is boring (largely, though with the occasional gem) and it needs breaking up... So, I'm going to try praying for each student as I finish their script!

Nice one Steve!
¶ 6:11 AM [to Del.icio.us]

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