[Magdalen] odd email

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I found myself a bit puzzled by his use of the unreligious (to me) phrase,
"god bless."  Did he actually capitalize the G of God?

I've read some really energetic denunciations of this phrase, soe were on
this list a million years ago from people no longer here (alive?). I don't
get upset about it, but if one calls on God's blessings, it seems
unreligious to just say "god bless" as opposed to something like "God bless
you" or "May God richly bless you as you <blah blah blah>" "God's blessings
on you and yours" or .....

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 Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>