[Magdalen] A prayer, please

[Molly Wolf]

Arthur, I am Molly Wolf of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, and I add my prayers.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Aug 31, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Arthur, I am Marilyn Cepeda currently resident of Mobile, Alabama. I send
> my welcome and my prayers.
> 
> M
>> 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