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[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

A visibly shaken head of the monastic order emerged from the archives of
his order.

"We will probably have to make some changes," he said. One of the key
documents of our order clearly reads "CELIBRATE" -- we've been misreading
it for who knows how long?

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 Thu, May 7, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Before I was ordained, I often read the lessons at Resurrection.  I was
> corrected by plaintiff once after I returned to sit with her after the
> lesson.  She whispered, "It's Sadduces, not Sarduccies!"
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> Deacon Jon Egger
>
>
>
> *“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who
> has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to
> deceive and overawe the People."(Eugene V. Debs, Anti-War Speech, June 16,
> 1918) *
>
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:15 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Makes me think of the Bishop visiting a parish.  They had just started,
> and
> > it seemed there was no sound coming from the mike.  The bishop tapped it
> a
> > couple of times and said, "There is something the matter with this
> > microphone."
> >
> > The congregation firmly responded, "And also with you!"
> >
> > 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 Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Christopher Hart
> > >
> > >  In my experience when the reader says "Here ends the lesson." the
> usual
> > >> response from the congregation is "Thanks be to God." It's just out of
> > >> habit I'm sure, but it sounds amusing to have people giving thanks
> that
> > >> the
> > >> lesson is over.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I can think of congregations where for some lessons, the response is
> out
> > > of relief that they don’t hear about themselves one second longer <g>.
> I
> > > know of others where they really mean it because the lesson has dragged
> > on
> > > so long that they worry about being delayed for coffee hour.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> >
>