[Magdalen] odd email

[Marion Thompson]

Which brings me back to my first reaction:  It was probably intended as 
a pleasant social nicety.  A lot warmer than 'Yours truly'.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 10/3/2016 2:16 PM, Jon Egger wrote:
> 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
> to what was probably intended as a pleasant
> social nicety.  A lot warmer than 'Yours truly
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> 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
>>>
>
>