[Magdalen] Fwd: Re: silence?

Lynn Ronkainen houstonklr at gmail.com
Sun Oct 15 20:16:30 UTC 2017


nice to hear from you Michael!

you wrote: I now live in a bungalow in  Nottinghamshire

sounds very *Robin Hood*  to my American ears : )

Did you know that NYCity is also often referred to as Gotham?

Lynn, peeking into the pub and getting back to many tasks at hand.

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

"Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the antidotes 
to that fear and hatred." Mark Singel


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From: "Michael Bishop" <rev at michaelbishop.name>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 2:57 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Fwd: Re:  silence?

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> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] silence?
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:56:18 +0100
> From: Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
> Reply-To: rev at michaelbishop.name
> To: Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
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> I am here. For me it has been a time of great change. I retired from the
> stipendiary ministry just a month ago and of course had to move home as
> well - a major change after almost 21 years as rector of my 8 parishes
> in the diocese of Derby (England). I now live in a bungalow in the
> neighbouring county of Nottinghamshire (Diocese of Southwell &
> Nottingham). The parish I live in is Keyworth which is a large village
> to which are yoled the neighbouring small rural parishes of
> Stanton-on-the-Wolds and Bunny. I hope in due course to take up some
> retired ministry in the area - but the rule here is that retired clergy
> are expected to take 6 months out of active ministry after retirement.
> Life seems very strange with no rushing about taking services and it
> will certainly take quite a time to adjust.
> Listsibs may be interested to know that just up the road from me is the
> village of Gotham - presumably the source of the name which passed on
> somehow to Gotham City of Superman fame. This Gotham is however,
> pronounced Goatham. Locally it is a place of which there are many tales
> about the "Wise men of Gotham"
> One tale is that the three wise men of Gotham found a cuckoo. They
> wanted to keep it so they planted a bush round it to stop it leaving -
> but the bird flew out from the top! The local pub is named "The Cuckoo 
> Bush"
> There is also a popular rhyme about them:
> Three wise men of Gotham
> went to sea in a bowl
> Had the bowl been stronger
> My tale would have been longer!
>
>
> ....
> ....
> God bless
>
> Michael Bishop
> rev at michaelbishop.name
>
> On 15/10/2017 20:40, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
>> I am here. I am here in Scotland that is. We visited St Columba’s
>> Footsteps, the well, and the coastline of Kintyre Peninsula. One
>> serendipitous unplanned stop was abbey ruins  Saddell Abbey. Beautiful,
>> special places. We are looking for hurricane Ophelia tomorrow so not sure
>> what our plans will be!
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 5:46 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm here. I check in a couple of times a day and all I find is that my
>>> gmail is inundated with everything BUT pub posts. I had a crazy week 
>>> last
>>> week, starting with the weekend which was consumed with the Page County
>>> Heritage Festival, where we did very well, the equivalent of a good 
>>> month
>>> at the gallery, but I managed to get a case of heat exhaustion on the 
>>> first
>>> day and felt like @#$%^! the whole time. Then rock club on Monday, work 
>>> at
>>> the gallery on Tuesday and Wednesday, and finally I could breathe on
>>> Thursday.
>>>
>>> I guess I can now tell that I am attending an Orthodox church in the 
>>> area.
>>> It's a very small Old Rite Russian Orthodox Church just up the road in 
>>> Mt.
>>> Jackson and I have been attending for a couple of months now and going 
>>> to
>>> adult study classes. I feel very much at home there and am giving 
>>> serious
>>> thought to being chrismated at some time in the future. The priest, 
>>> Father
>>> Kyrill, and his wife, Matushka Dena Theodora, are both former 
>>> Episcopalians
>>> who did *not* leave over things like OW or the prayer book, but simply
>>> because they felt drawn to orthodoxy as I have since I was fairly young.
>>> But I won't leave the Pub!
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Marion Thompson <
>>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Personally busy up to here.  Give me strength, especially to get 
>>>> through
>>>> tomorrow:  weekly volunteer at the free breakfast at a little local bar
>>> and
>>>> resto 7 to 9 a.m., MP at the rectory at 9:30, funeral and reception at
>>> 11,
>>>> some time at home to  get cleaned up for a long drive (1 1//2 hrs) into
>>> the
>>>> big city for a wine and cheese the Archbishop is hosting for the
>>>> now-defunct Diocesan Chaplaincy Committee of which I was a member for a
>>>> whole bunch of years, then the long drive home again.
>>>>
>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/15/2017 8:20 AM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I haven't had a Magdalen post since Oct 11th.  I have been in 
>>>>> Charlotte
>>>>> caring for my daughter-in-law following surgery and have not posted 
>>>>> much
>>>>> of
>>>>> anything.  She (Christina) is fine.  I also visited Ginny and Barbie 
>>>>> in
>>>>> Winston Salem, NC where they have recently moved.  Ginny accepted a 
>>>>> call
>>>>> as
>>>>> rector of St. Anne's Episcopal Church there.  Good to be with family 
>>>>> all
>>>>> of
>>>>> whom live in NC now, and good to know that I can still drive 600 miles
>>> in
>>>>> three days.  John does the driving in our family but he did not go on
>>> this
>>>>> trip.  As for John and me, we wait for the SC Supreme Court to 
>>>>> announce
>>>>> whether they will rehear the property case and also to hear the 
>>>>> results
>>> of
>>>>> mediation in both the federal case and the state case.  The Lawrence
>>>>> breakaways have a PR campaign going that is maddening to follow.
>>>>> Frustrating does not come close to covering the feelings I have, but
>>> that
>>>>> will do for now.  Our 'side' (TEC and TECSC) has chosen not to speak
>>>>> publicly or to rebut what Lawrence, et al are putting out about 'us.'
>>>>> GRR.
>>>>>
>>>>> Off to church.
>>>>> Ginga
>>>>>
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>>>>> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Did the list disappear while I was gone?  Is Brian OK? Did Everyone 
>>>>> miss
>>>>>> Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky
>>>>>> <http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/267.html>Day?  It falls on
>>> our
>>>>>> wedding anniversary so I remember.  If I manage to say the morning
>>>>>> office I
>>>>>> will remember, too, because it is commemorated by OJN.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My love to you all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>>>>>> Western Michigan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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