@HollySaxby Part 5
I suffered from terrible exam nerves, and failed my Biology degree and was kicked out of Uni at the end of the 2nd year. My father ejected me from the family home and told me to make a man of myself alone in the world. I felt rejected and alone.

Soon after I was thrown out of University, I married Sarah, who I had met there. I took many twists & turns, but after 5 years of theological training, was ordained as a minister in the Church of England. Then in the second year of my first job, I became sick. I was off work for 9 months, eventually diagnosed with M.E.. My wife was told by one Bishop that I should retire from the C of E on health grounds. Thankfully there was one man of faith in the picture, and that was my boss, Chris. He contradicted everyone and said that he believed I would be well and back in full harness in my ministry before the 3-year term of the Curacy was up. And he was right.