Paul S. Duffet

Collared by God Paul S. Duffet

"The Reminiscences of an Ordinary Parson" This book chronicles the life of an ordinary parson from his schooldays through his experiences at College and ordination to then working in his first church in Portsmouth. The recollections of his time spent with the Abanta Bazulu in South Africa make particularly fascinating reading. On returning to the UK he tells of life in the community first in Hampshire and then in a Cambridgeshire village before retiring. What he has tried to convey in this book is how in so many ways his life has been ordinary. His background and upbringing were nothing special just like thousands of others of my generation and that he had no special qualities or gifts for being a priest. Yet on the other hand how extraordinary the life he have been led into with the rich pattern of different places and cultures. The final response can only from a psalm that Jesus himself once quoted, and in the same words "This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes."