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Friday, November 02, 2012

Friday Five: For All the Saints!

"Dancing Saints" at Saint Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco

Thursday marked the feast of All Saints, observed by many throughout the Christian world. And many of us will observe this feast in our churches come Sunday. As a Catholic schoolgirl, I certainly had one very specific idea of what constituted a 'saint.' As a woman in her prime (ahem!) who also happens to be a Presbyterian minister... I have other thoughts!

How about you? Let's talk today about saints, how we have understood them throughout our lives. Who inspires us? Who challenges us? Whose lives have stirred us to greater discipleship? Who just has the best story we've ever heard? Try to answer these questions in each of the following categories:

1. Saints of the Bible.

2. Saints from Church History/ World History.

3. Saints from Our Own Lives.

4. Saints from Pop Culture

5. Saints Absolutely No One Else in the World Would Ever Call Saints.

Let us know in the comments whether or not you've played. Let's go!

19 comments:

  1. I played! Of course. Morning meetings, and then I'll be back to learn all about your saints! Have a great day everyone.

    http://upcsermonsandmore.blogspot.com/2012/11/friday-five-for-all-saints.html

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    1. Thanks for the link! :-) as a newbie, I haven't been able to commit that code to memory!

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  2. YAY! Thanks for posting early - I played

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  3. Thank you - being from a "non-saint" tradition, this was a challenge for me. :) Here's my post!

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  4. Julie Anna posted a challenging perspective All the Saints at Madre's Musings blog...

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    1. Mary, Blogger is telling me I don't have access to the page... any thoughts?

      Thank you for playing though!

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    2. same here, Mary; I went over to your fb to see if you'd listed your blog or had it auto-posted from networked blogs, but no go there, either. Leah

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    3. here it is!...after a bunch of clicks, I got there!

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  6. I came over to say hi from Faith Hope Cherrytea, and enjoyed her post about saints. Good topics.

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  7. As I worked with this, I ended up with the Communion of Saints. That got me thinking about the Rev Gal posts I've read this week--the prayers, the questions, the support, the emerging friendships. I'm thinking this group of gals and pals reflects the Communion of Saints in action. Here's my play

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    1. Hi Revalli... couldn't find it! But thanks for playing, and I love your connection with RevGals. I totally agree!

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