[Magdalen] some good news from Washington

[Jay Weigel]

That was what I felt about being a travel nurse....all the good things
about nursing without the @#$%^! hospital politics!  The only reason I took
another hospital job when I did was that I was being courted seriously at
the time and I felt that it might be a good idea to be in one place while
that was going on......

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Grace, I so agree with you!  As extended supply (I call it being "the
> Sunday help"), I can express regret, pass the concern on to the wardens,
> and bow out.  I felt SO responsible to resolve this sort of thing when I
> was rector!  I know part of that is my own sense of over-responsibility,
> but it was so much harder to wear the responsibility loosely, when we all
> felt I was somehow more "in charge."
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I may have mentioned this, but I'm not sure. I had a very upset
> > parishioner in my office a couple of weeks ago who had just heard that
> the
> > Cathedral was considering this.
> > She was outraged and said this kind of thing was destroying the church,
> > and she and her husband would not be back. (This is a small country
> Church
> > about 100 miles south of Charlottesville, and they are from Long Island.)
> > She planned to write to the Dean of the Cathedral. I heard her out and
> > explained a bit about the rationale for removing the windows. I also
> > pointed out that the decision had not been made yet. She said, Oh,
> they'll
> > take them out. You mark my words!"
> > This past Sunday they were in church, and the man said there were just a
> > lot of things happening in their lives right now, but they weren't
> planning
> > to leave. So we'll see how this latest news affects them...
> > She did write a letter to our bishop, who then called to find out what
> was
> > going on.
> >
> > There are some things about parish ministry that I haven't missed...
> >
>
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