[Magdalen] bulletin blooper

James Oppenheimer oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sat Sep 27 16:18:21 PDT 2014


Just like the Bible that said, "Thou shalt commit adultery."

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You're kidding, right, Jim??? Don't you know God dictated the Bible word
> for word, and God doesn't make mistakes!
>
> > On Sep 27, 2014, at 5:40 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > And there really are people out there who seriously believe the Bible
> could
> > be free from error, bless their hearts.
> >
> > As if humans could ever be capable of such a thing.
> >
> > I like us the way we are, ak-chew-ally.
> >
> >
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer
> > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Ah yes, I've presided at many of those Episco-Combo funerals, and they
> are
> >> always a challenge! No matter what part of the service I invited the
> >> visiting clergy to take, they always managed to "say a few words,"
> often of
> >> the type you mentioned, Ginga. But I made sure that my homily always
> came
> >> after all that so I could be sure there was at least some mention of
> grace.
> >>
> >> But we never had quite as wonderful a typo as you did! "God's celestial
> >> sore" indeed!
> >>
> >>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I went to a funeral today that was a Baptist-Episcopal combo.
> >> Interesting
> >>> to say the least, but the Episcopal priest got to wind it up with a
> >> homily
> >>> on grace and Jesus promise to be with us always.  The deceased's
> >> brother, a
> >>> conservative Baptist pastor, spoke at the beginning of the service on
> >> what
> >>> a sinner his brother was and yadayadayada.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, the first song was I'll Fly away.  The words in the bulletin
> >>> indicated we were to sing the first verse thusly:
> >>>
> >>> "Some bright morning when this life is over
> >>> I'll fly away
> >>> To that home on God's celestial sore
> >>> I'll fly away.
> >>>
> >>> Gotta Love It.  I didn't even crack a smile until I got in the car to
> >> come
> >>> home.
> >>>
> >>> Ginga
> >>
>


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