[Magdalen] travel mercies and other news/

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Russian Orthodox Shakers. Who knew?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> My friends, the Shakers at Sabbath day Lake,  are doing a shapenote
> workshop later this month. I wish I could go. I had read that these last
> surviving active Shaker community was no longer accepting new members, but
> this has changed.
> I don't know what happened, but they put their requirements to join the
> community on line. I have always felt attracted to them
>
> (I don't make the cut, I am too old to become a novice...not that I wanted
> to)They had some members leave, and I suspected they were enthusiasts like
> me that really didn't have the vocation.   Mother Ann (the incarnation of
> the Holy Spirit, according to their theology) must have intervened, and
> who's to say it really wasn't the Holy Spirit. Slava Bogu
>
> JOe
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:18 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Leaving tomorrow AM en route to Double Springs, AL - well near there at
> any
> > rate.
> > Drive to Tupelo tomorrow, then to a small country church outside carbon
> > Hill for a Sacred Harp Singing, then on to Camp McDowell (in between
> Double
> > Springs and Jasper). It's the Episcopal camp. This next will it will host
> > the adult session of Camp Fasola, a shape note camp. I'll be on staff
> > again.  http://tinyurl.com/ohrvgsf  ( a pic of me doing one of my
> classes
> > is at the link). Late Wed, on to Birmingham and then the National Sacred
> > Harp convention for 3 days, then two days home.
> >
> > In other news, youngest son, who had been out of work for 3 years, got
> > employed though a staffing agency last January. It was a 6 month
> contract,
> > with possible/probable renewal.
> > A new manager came in last month and imposed a hiring freeze. which he
> > interpreted as also applying to the contract workers, so out of work
> again.
> >
> > The good news - he's had 4 interviews in the last 2 weeks, including a
> > hopeful looking one today.
> >
> > --
> > P. Dan Brittain
> > Harrison, Arkansas
> >
> > http//:pdanbrittain.com
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