[Magdalen] Happy Christmas

[Molly Wolf]

From here too, and prayers as well for Jim.

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

> On Dec 25, 2016, at 4:30 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> (((((Jay))))
> I am offering prayers for all who grieve today.
> 
> With love,
> Ginga
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 11:38 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 11:10 PM Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> So not really for the "bog people"??  :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Merry Christmas!  I'm home from our all people's liturgy.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
>> walk
>>> 
>>> humbly with your God?"
>>> 
>>> Micah 6:8
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I got home awhile ago from Reformation's candlelight communion service. I
>>> happened to sit among one of our connected families who have, between
>> them,
>>> 5 children ranging in age from about 11 down to 8 months. I don't quite
>>> understand the relationships, but I *think* it's a sister and brother and
>>> their spouses, and that the oldest child may be from a previous
>>> relationship or marriage. In any case, the kids all seem to go easily
>> from
>>> one person to another and it's quite delightful to watch. The two
>> youngest,
>>> who are brother and sister, are about as far apart in age as Adam and
>> Betsy
>>> were, and seem just as close as they were back then. I got quite teary
>> when
>>> Reice leaned over and hugged his baby sister because it took me back so
>>> many years. I managed to hold it together for the most part, though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 8:40 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>>> 
>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Just back from the early children's service.  (early service for
>>> children,
>>> 
>>>> not the service for early children, but then you probably knew that)
>>> Those
>>> 
>>>> simple unpretentious services have a lot of charm. In another hour I'll
>>> be
>>> 
>>>> going back for the later bog peoples service (you might say the service
>>> for
>>> 
>>>> the big people, or the big service for people, and both would probably
>> be
>>> 
>>>> arguably right)
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> And this time, I've got the sopranino. "Joy to the World" is the
>>> 
>>>> recessional, after all.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 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 Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Michael Bishop <
>> rev at michaelbishop.name>
>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> Happy Christmas to all listsibs from the Midlands of England. I am
>> just
>>> 
>>>>> home from our midnight service. It was particularly significant for
>> me
>>> as
>>> 
>>>>> this is my last Christmas as rector - before Christmas comes again I
>>> will
>>> 
>>>>> have joined the ranks of the retired. It seems strange to be doing
>>> 
>>>> various
>>> 
>>>>> things for the last time here. I have had a very happy twent years in
>>> my
>>> 
>>>>> current parishes and retire in late August or early September next
>>> year.
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> --
>>> 
>>>>> ....
>>> 
>>>>> ....
>>> 
>>>>> God bless
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> Michael Bishop
>>> 
>>>>> rev at michaelbishop.name
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane,
>>> 
>>>>> Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> Diocese of Derby, England
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>