tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post1261993550077872699..comments2024-01-22T00:22:46.724-08:00Comments on Bishop Dan's Blog: Heading HomeBishop Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-25979168754880659342009-05-31T13:49:09.116-07:002009-05-31T13:49:09.116-07:00The above JOHN-DAVID SCHOFIELD then subsequent MAR...The above JOHN-DAVID SCHOFIELD then subsequent MARK LAWRENCE stories intended to make your return trip -- by any means -- less tedious and more enjoyable! GODSPEED, sir!gogosian2061https://www.blogger.com/profile/11331947538515984622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-34621660653982957772009-05-31T13:47:27.705-07:002009-05-31T13:47:27.705-07:00"I GOTTA MILLION OF 'EM" ... well, n..."I GOTTA MILLION OF 'EM" ... well, not quite! [There's MARK LAWRENCE story for you appended 'common cup']! This is a former Fresno, CA BISHOP JOHN-DAVID SCHOFIELD STORY - at the ordination of a former businessman-to-priest at the St. Paul's parish hall [Bakersfield - before Mark's arrival as rector]. Local parishes' rectors & choirs 'volunteered' willing members - seated [from pews - on left] while the ordained were seated pew-right! At one point in the ordination liturgy - PANIC ENSUED at the main altar! The Bish [beloved John-David himself] achieved vocal oratory unheard previously in other parish visits! The root cause: The new priest had 'lost his place' in the Order of Worship! INDEED! PANIC and then MORE PANIC - with each passing moment, the Bishop's pronounced baritone reached tenor octaves - then above, nearly duplicating boy soprano range! But, perhaps I under-state! ;-) As this event is unfolding: I look across the way to Fr. Terry Burley, who slowly is coming to the realization that here is a man desperate for some assistance, but no EMTs were there NOR anywhere nearby either! As this is unfolding and Terry & I continue our own best individual efforts to suppress our mutual audible laughter, the Bish (himself) looked at us both as if to inquire: Can't ANYONE get me out of this un-Godly 'd&m*n%d' dilemna? [Well, frankly "NO - YOU SIGNED UP 'for the duration', BISH"]! ;-) Happily things did square away, the ordination was concluded and attendees repaired to basement fellowship hall for vittles - as only Episcopalians can lay on a spread! Curiously absent, however, was the newly ordained - NO WHERE TO BE FOUND, not even in any men's restroom! "TRUE and CORRECT"! ;-)gogosian2061https://www.blogger.com/profile/11331947538515984622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-17878110400938413992009-05-30T09:15:13.177-07:002009-05-30T09:15:13.177-07:00I will do so. Mark Lawrence is a new friend and a ...I will do so. Mark Lawrence is a new friend and a person of deep integrity and authentic faith. I did not know he was an Augustinian scholar, but I am not the least surprised.Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-51421826872376692262009-05-29T05:47:11.258-07:002009-05-29T05:47:11.258-07:00IF ONLY BY LONG DISTANCE: Could you offer "a tip o...IF ONLY BY LONG DISTANCE: Could you offer "a tip o' the tam" to a BISHOP in South(!) Carolina -- who passed through St. Paul's Episcopal Parish [Bakersfield, CA - per former Fresno, CA Bishop John-David Schofield in the day] en route to his current position. He is an Augustinian scholar of some note.gogosian2061https://www.blogger.com/profile/11331947538515984622noreply@blogger.com