[Magdalen] new clergy laugher

[Ginga Wilder]

I hope he will, at least, wear a fig leaf......?
Ginga

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Don Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Vivacious
>
> Sent from my Jitterbug
>
> On Dec 30, 2017 12:16 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, the things they don't prepare you for in seminary!!
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Suzie Buchanan <
> buchanan.suzie at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > So, I've now been at my new parish for 5 months. Earlier in the week I
> > > assigned lessons to readers for tomorrow's Lessons & Carols service.
> Then
> > > printed the bulletins, with "read by N." with each lesson.
> > >
> > > NOW, I find out that I assigned the creation story to the man who I
> guess
> > > is fairly well known in the parish for he and his wife's naturist
> > > practices. (This is new information for me.) He has just emailed me
> with a
> > > warning that it might end up seeming ironic to many in the parish that
> he
> > > is reading the lesson about being naked and ashamed.  He's not sure he
> can
> > > keep a straight face as he reads it.
> > >
> > > I emailed back that at least he's reading the lesson in which God
> doesn't
> > > seem to think the naked body is shameful.
> > >
> > > But . . . Maybe it isn't too late to reassign the readings?
> > >
> > > Suzie
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grace Cangialosi
> > Ruckersville, VA
> >
> > *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with
> great
> > love."*
> > *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>