[Magdalen] My Listgiv ...

[Christopher Hart]

I'm just back from Midnight Mass (began at 11:00 EST) and getting ready for
bed, but first wish to extend my wishes for a joyous Christmas to all
members of the Magdalen list around the world. You all mean so much to me.

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
wrote:

> And mine arrived just today from Lesley in Australia!  A lovely linen tea
> towel (the best kind, and this one is thick and lucious), printed (I
> think!) with a duck-billed platypus design.  And a most interesting-looking
> book called "Priska goes to the theatre: the evolution of the Gospel of
> John by John Gladstone Steele.  It consists of a fictionalized narrative,
> which is followed by a scholarly section.  Lesley thoughtfully included
> some reader's reviews for me to peruse.  I can't wait to start it!  I chose
> this gift as the one I would open on Christmas Eve, because it's the most
> "exotic" I'll receive this year!  Thank you so much, Lesley, and how
> wonderful to have it on Christmas Eve, just in time!
>
> I've completed 2 services tonight, and have another tomorrow morning.  And
> I've gone from feeling terrible about the holiday this year to a real sense
> of the awesome holiness of it.  That's grace.
>
> I hope you're all either snuggled in your beds or having the absolute best
> of holidays.  I keep pondering the John Lennon carol this year:  "So this
> is Christmas; what have we done?"  and "War is over, if we want it."  I'm
> thinking of refugees, the people of Aleppo, and all those who live in fear
> and/or rough conditions, especially those terrorized by wars and terrorism
> this year.  Hope was born tonight, and it's hope that keeps us going.
>
> Much love and gratitude for this online community, of which I've now been a
> member for just 20 years this year.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 10:30 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ... to All.  Is, a happy Christmas to this list, thanking it for being
> > here, and all its denizens for putting up with me all these years.
> >
>



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Christopher Hart

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