[Magdalen] Interesting life

Ginga Wilder gingawilder at gmail.com
Sat Jun 3 16:32:50 UTC 2017


Wow!  Your tapestry is very colorful, Grace.
Ginga

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I was pastoring two mountain churches some years ago, I used to say
> that I had the most interesting life of anyone I knew. (Example: one
> Saturday evening I had dinner with friends where the guests included two
> psychologists and a cellist with the National Symphony and his artist wife;
> the next evening I sat with a couple in their cabin at the head of the
> hollow, discussing their friend in the hospital.)
>
> Well, life continues to be very interesting. This is what my week looks
> like:
> This afternoon I will be one of the clergy participating in the ordination
> of one of my spiritual directees as a Unitarian minister. Tomorrow morning
> I'll be supplying at a church where I've never been before. We'll be doing
> the Renewal of Baptismal Vows, after which I will "sprinkle" the
> congregation during the singing of a hymn. (The rector has directed me to
> make sure they get 'really wet', so they'll remember their baptisms!)
> Tomorrow evening I'll be going to a live broadcast of "Rosencrantz and
> Guildenstern Are Dead" from the National Theater in England. Monday morning
> the farrier will come to give the horses a pedicure, and I'll do a service
> at a local nursing home in the afternoon. Tuesday night I'm going to a Joan
> Baez concert. Wednesday evening I'll be attending a community dinner at the
> local mosque to celebrate and learn about breaking the Ramadan fast.
> And finally, next Saturday I'll be one of the presenters for a young woman
> being ordained a transitional deacon. (in the Episcopal Church!)
>
> Thankfully, the following week will be relatively boring...


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