[Magdalen] A prayer, please

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Arthur, I am Marilyn Cepeda currently resident of Mobile, Alabama. I send
my welcome and my prayers.

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On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:49 AM Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 7:30 AM Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Welcome Arthur.  You have my prayers.  I am a long time member here, but
>> posting less often in the last year.  I have a geodesic dome for sale on a
>> small lake in Michigan.  You could pray for its sale.
>>
>> I am married to an Episcopal priest who at 85 still works every Sunday.
>> We
>> have 4 sons, the oldest is chancellor of our diocese.  This past week-end
>> we visited a grandson in Chicago.  He is newly enrolled at Roosevelt
>> University and a baseball player.  RU's urban campus is a huge culture
>> shock for him.  Classes and baseball will be the comfortable parts of his
>> life.
>>
>> We also visited my favorite Episcopal church ever, St. Paul and the
>> Redeemer.  For their 10 am service they had to add extra seating and ran
>> out of bulletins.  There had been a shooting/killing on the usually quiet
>> corner where the church is.  The rector preached a phenomenal sermon.
>>
>> http://www.sp-r.org/download_file/view_inline/1588/399/
>>
>> There was great music from diverse cultures, African drumming at the
>> gospel
>> procession; familiar hymn tunes Ton-Y-Botel and Tidings; Leaning on the
>> Everlasting Arms; chanted psalm.  All well done.  The service included
>> lots
>> of announcements.  No one appeared to be in a hurry to leave.
>>
>> As we drove back to Michigan I said to Bill (my husband) "What would it
>> take to be there every Sunday?"  Too bad we can't afford a pied a terre in
>> Chicago.
>>
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>> Western Michigan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Prayers for your health and that your anxiety will abate.
>> >
>> > I look forward to your further introduction.
>> >
>> > I am Ginga Wilder and I have lived in Summerville, SC ny entire life,
>> > except for 18 months in Colorado when my husband was in the Army.  I am
>> a
>> > 68 y.o.. Episcopalian who stayed with The Episcopal Church when the
>> bishop,
>> > most clergy and parishioners broke with TEC to form a nondenominational
>> > stand alone church.  My friends and I (7 strong) vowed to reorganize an
>> > Episcopal parish in Summerville.   We did just that.  That was nearly 3
>> > years ago in October. I am senior warden of this congregation and serve
>> on
>> > the Standing Committee of the reorganized diocese (The Episcopal Church
>> in
>> > SC).  Yesterday morning, in our brand new church space behing a CPA
>> office,
>> > we worshipped with 86 Episcopalians.  Other than having enormous love
>> and
>> > committment to following Jesus in the Episcopal tradition, I am married
>> to
>> > John for 47 years, have 3 adult children in NC and DE, 4 grandchildren,
>> and
>> > still work a little as a marriage and family therapist.  Our sons live
>> in
>> > Charlotte, one with Hearst Media and the other as a professor of
>> Psychology
>> > at Wingate University.  Our daughter lives in DE and is an Episcopal
>> > priest.  I am a yellow dog Democrat and enjoy following politics.  I do
>> not
>> > enjoy arguing about anything and will quickly drop out of such
>> > conversations.
>> >
>> > Welcome, Arthur.  Again, you have my prayers.
>> >
>> > Ging
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Welcome, Arthur. Prayers for calm acceptance.   I had polio as a child
>> > > which left me, among other things, with a withered arm which hangs
>> out of
>> > > the socket. Several years ago I had a routine chest exam. When the
>> nurse
>> > > called me at home to give me the results of the x-ray she asked if I
>> > knew I
>> > > had a dislocated shoulder. Duh!
>> > >
>> > > Esther
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 8/30/2015 9:39 PM, Arthur Laurent wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Latest blood work brought a value that was a bit high for my PCP
>> (though
>> > >> it's been bouncing around those high normal numbers for five or so
>> > years).
>> > >> So off to the nephrologist I went.
>> > >>
>> > >> He ordered a bunch of tests. In the first test (about 45 minutes
>> into a
>> > >> renal sonogram beginning at 7 this morning), the resident asked me,
>> "Has
>> > >> anyone ever told you you don't have a right kidney?"  I laughed,
>> > because it
>> > >> reminded me of the time my cardiologist asked, "Has anyone ever told
>> you
>> > >> you have atrial fibrillation?
>> > >>
>> > >> (Why would anyone other than a specialist tell you information like
>> > that?)
>> > >>
>> > >> Funny I hadn't known that. I was in the Service for 7 years, and
>> nobody
>> > >> ever mentioned a missing kidney to me. I would have thought Navy
>> doctors
>> > >> would have been more thorough.
>> > >>
>> > >> It freaked me out, (maybe it was the dark lights and the cold slimy
>> > >> gel...) though I'm a lot more calm now. Since I've apparently never
>> had
>> > a
>> > >> right kidney, I'll refine what I'm doing/eating now to minimize
>> stress
>> > of
>> > >> my kidney. And I suppose I shouldn't expect to live more than
>> another 61
>> > >> years.
>> > >>
>> > >> Please pray for my calm acceptance of this, or whatever else the
>> Spirit
>> > >> might prompt you to pray for. Presumably if God wants me healed,
>> He'll
>> > do
>> > >> it. I'll settle for just being calm accepting about it.
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks for all prayers and good thoughts.
>> > >>
>> > >> (An exciting first post, no? Ha Ha Ha)
>> > >>
>> > >> Arthur
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>> Western Michigan
>>
> --
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
Mobile, Alabama