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Michael Lloyd

Michael Lloyd

Church of England priest, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and author of Café Theology

Sep 20, 2026

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So I had a fairly checkered employment history before getting ordained.
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I had a job in a helium factory, but I quit because I refused to be spoken to in that town.
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So I got a job at a zoo feeding giraffes, but I was fired because I wasn't up to it.
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Then I got a job as a barber, but I just couldn't cut it.
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So I became a professional fisherman until I discovered I couldn't live off my net income.
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I've just recently had a job interview to be a bug sorter, which I think went well.

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