[Magdalen] Crucible

[Jon Egger]

I know I was 'computerized' in 1995 because that's when the OKC bombing
took place.  Even then I remember telling people it was 'thunder on the far
right' who did this, not an outside US group.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Praying for you, Esther.  ANDR ejoicing in the bond I have with all of you
> here.
> Judy
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I am a relative newby to the list, although I was on St. Sam's before the
> > break up.  Capers Limehouse told me about St. Sam's and I wanted to join.
> > So, I got a computer for my 50th birthday and an email account...joined
> on
> > June 3, 1997.  At that time my diocese was in the earliest days of
> breaking
> > away from TEC.  This list allowed me to dump my angst and anger about the
> > schism and, in truth, saved my spiritual health.  I've made good
> > friendships, met some of us in 'meat life' as Carol Marsh would say,
> > learned a lot and been blessed by the international nature of the Pub.
> > Thanks be to God!
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > ((((((Esther))))  Thank you for updating us on your health.  You are in
> > my
> > > prayers and now I know better how to pray.  Sending love from South
> > > Carolina.
> > >
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Thank you for this, Jim. I have been so appreciative of your openness
> > >> about Marcy's illness and your care for her.
> > >> Now Jon has let us in on his decision to go on Hospice. Of course you
> > are
> > >> all in my prayers and I have often told you so.
> > >> However, your Epiphany, Jim, made me take a hard look at myself. I
> have
> > >> always been a very private person and even when I had my heart attack
> > and
> > >> the mastectomy I asked not to be on the church prayer list. With 5
> > >> children, a sister, assorted spouses and the next generation I have
> > quite a
> > >> support group which I felt was enough.
> > >>
> > >> I love this list and have met many of you in person. I feel I have not
> > >> been fair to the group in not explaining why I have been quite quiet
> of
> > >> late. Just before Thanksgiving I had a bone marrow biopsy because my
> red
> > >> blood cells and platelets had been steadily decreasing for the last
> > year.
> > >> Of course Leukemia comes to mind right off the bat but my doctor has a
> > >> whole list of possibilities. I can make no real plans or decisions
> > until I
> > >> get the results next week but I know that I will not do extreme
> > measures.
> > >> If it comes to that I am quite comfortable going on Hospice. My
> > children,
> > >> sister, and Priest are aware of my feelings and will support me. I ask
> > to
> > >> be added to your prayers and I promise to keep you updated as I have
> > news.
> > >>
> > >> Esther
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 12/7/2014 3:09 PM, James Handsfield wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I had a bit of an epiphany today at church.  I’ve been seeing Lindsay
> > >>> Buehler for spiritual direction - actually both Marcy and I have been
> > >>> seeing her, sometimes together.  During this time with Marcy’s
> illness,
> > >>> I’ve felt sometimes abandoned, sometimes reassured, but most of the
> > time
> > >>> abandoned.  According to Lindsay, it’s not desolation, which I was
> > afraid
> > >>> it was, but it’s finding I’m in a different room of God’s house, and
> I
> > need
> > >>> to find God there, not where I used to find God.
> > >>>
> > >>> My epiphany this morning is that this room is a crucible, and I’m
> being
> > >>> refined.  Out of necessity caring for Marcy, I’m gradually being rid
> > of a
> > >>> great deal of selfishness, and at the same time finding myself more
> and
> > >>> more open to the love of those around me, including at St. Bede’s, in
> > my
> > >>> neighborhood, here in the pub, and many other places.  It’s not an
> easy
> > >>> process, and it often hurts - a lot - both in the pain of change, and
> > >>> perhaps even more seeing what I’d been holding on to and how it made
> me
> > >>> sometimes distant from those I love.
> > >>>
> > >>> I’m grateful that this is a safe place to share such things.
> > >>>
> > >>> -----------------
> > >>> Thinking one can behave their way into heaven is an insult to the
> very
> > >>> foundation of salvation.
> > >>>
> > >>> Jim Handsfield
> > >>> jhandsfield at att.net
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
>