[Magdalen] odd email

[Jon Egger]

No, he did not ordain me. (Although I'm sure there are plenty of presbyters
who would love being friends with him.)

I've done f2f with him for about 90 minutes total time and my feelings for
him are totally neutral.

yawn

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have known of a number of bishops with healthy friendships with those
> priests under their jurisdiction. It sounds as if your bishop may have a
> great deal of respect for you Jon. Is he the same bishop who ordained you?
> Lynn
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> www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would
> not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you
> gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Why can't your bishop be your friend?
>
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Listmates,
> >
> > I recently had a brief email correspondence with my bishop.  He ended his
> > response to my inquiry with "God bless, my friend."  This took me aback
> and
> > I wanted to reply with "You can be my bishop, but you can't be my
> friend."
> >
> > Proper boundaries or am I over-reacting to his poor choice of words?
> >
> > Sign me confused
> >
>



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