Dismissal

A letter to Nick: “Yes, I am still a deacon! They’ve not yet defrocked me. And yes, twelve years on, I still write those weekly Dismissals. They all have one thing in common, though my Muse forbids me say what it is. I call them “Dismissals” because, when the Sunday service ends, the deacon dismisses the people: ‘Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!’ (or some other dismissal, page 366, Book of Common Prayer). To write these little stories is a delight whenever the Muse deigns to visit … though often enough, I am left to my own devices.”