[Magdalen] Happy Christmas

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

To spell cheque, bog is a word, as indeed it is -- just not the one I had
in mind. (the big people's service). We have quite a bit of swampland
around here. As a matter of fact, a neighbor was draining a pond by his
house and found a large bone. He had experts come in, and they ended up
camped out in his yard for a while and extracted an entire skeleton of a
mammoth. This area was a swamp back then.  I don't think anyone calls it a
bog ....

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 11:09 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
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>