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?
Occupation:
Mental Health Chaplain
Writer
Grumpy Old Git
Special interests
Spirituality
Counselling
Cabinetmaking
Pet hates
Misplaced apostrophes
Celebrity culture
Dogma
Cyclists who jump traffic lights
Split infinitives
Intolerance
Good cases spoilt by bad arguments
Cyclists who ride across pedestrian crossings
Extempore prayers that have ‘just’ every other word
Cyclists who ride through shopping precincts
Favorite Vacation Spot:
My workshop
Personal Motto:
The process, not the product
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 . . .
