Michael Forster
An ordained minister in the United Reformed Church, my day job is as a Mental Health Chaplain.
Naturally I’ve written a great deal about religion and spirituality but don’t confine my interests to those areas.
What you should know
Name:
Michael Forster - but then you knew that already, didn’t you?
married?
You bet - to the best thing that ever happened to me!
Occupation:
Mental Health Chaplain
Writer
Grumpy Old Git
Special interests
Spirituality
Counselling
Cabinetmaking
Pet hates
Misplaced apostrophes
Celebrity culture
Dogma
Split infinitives
(How long have you got?)
Favorite Vacation Spot:
My workshop
Too long ago to think about, I did a short course of training to be a carpenter and joiner, and actually worked in that field for a while. It didn’t seem to be a life-long career, but the interest remains and now as an amateur I enjoy the luxury of having time to work the way he would like to without the commercial pressures.
The best thing I did - well you’ve read that on the previous page, I expect.
We had a son, Glen, who died in a drowning accident aged 8 but not before he, too, had taught me a thing or two about living as a human being.
In the course of nearly four decades of people-centred work of different kinds, I’ve had more people to be grateful for knowing than I shall ever be able to count.
I’m also a qualified counsellor, and have been blessed to work with some amazing clients who have opened up whole new areas of human experience and understanding to me, and to whom I shall be grateful for whatever span of life remains for me.
When in Vienna . . .
