Today I received by email a whole set of 'reflection papers' I have to read before my university summer school.  They are fascinating!  At a totally surface level, it is interesting to compare the layout, length and who has actually answered the questions set (and who has yet to submit).  They range from brief (less than a side) to verbose (six pages, mine).  They also vary in terms of subject matter and degree of, hmm, what's the word, openness? vulnerability? Possibly even the depth, as in profundity, which varies (though I hesitate to critique other people's work in what, for some, is a new venture - not everyone has spent the last umpteen years having to do it).  I am intrigued that one person has chosen to reflect on an incident that occurred about 30 years ago whilst everyone else has selected a recent event.  Most are quite specific, but a couple were very general.  Topics explored all related to balancing pastoral and profressional priorities, and ranged from the wearing of dog collars to funerals, from admission to communion to outsourcing domestic services in a residential college!  It will be intriguing to see how we work with the material and what new insights emerge.