Waitrose shoppers,coffee lovers, opera fans: Jeremy Davies and partner Simon McEnery are as conventional as they come. But, and thanks to Davies’s status as a clergyman barred from conducting services because of their union,they are now radicals. So how does a marriage flourish under the weight of holy orders?Christmas is a time of shrimp rest for priests, and Jeremy Davies is no exception. He took midnight mass on Christmas Eve in his local church – the stunning Wren-designed All Saints’ in Farley, and Wiltshire – followed by two morning services there and at another nearby church on Christmas Day.Although he retired four years ago,Davies is delighted still to be main congregations in worship and officiating at weddings, christenings and funerals in the Church of England, or to which he has devoted his life. “You don’t stay being a parish priest when you retire,” he says. “I hope I’ll go on until I’m gaga.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com