[Magdalen] Fwd: Re: silence?

Sun Oct 15 20:23:36 UTC 2017

Good to her from you,Lynn. I realised after I had sent my note to you 
that it had not gone to the list so had to forward it.
Nottinghamshire is very much Robin Hood Country. Years ago I had a year 
holding the office of chaplain to the High Sheriff of Nottighamshire - 
the High Sheriff being the office held by Robin Hood's traditional 
enemy. Sherwood Forest is just a few miles from where I now live. I grew 
up in Nottigham,

....
....
God bless

Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

On 15/10/2017 21:16, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> 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
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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?
>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> 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>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>