tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post115175436891824622..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher PartyStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151881846401305672006-07-02T19:10:00.000-04:002006-07-02T19:10:00.000-04:00Thanks, everyone, for stopping by! I don't have to...Thanks, everyone, for stopping by! I don't have to preach next Sunday, but I will be here to host again!<BR/>(And maybe I ought to take Rainbow Pastor's suggestion and look ahead to the 16th!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151876718278249692006-07-02T17:45:00.000-04:002006-07-02T17:45:00.000-04:00That was a lovely first Saturday preacher party. ...That was a lovely first Saturday preacher party. See you all next week!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and my final product (minus the pulpit improv, of course) is at http://glenreformedchurch.blogspot..com if any of you should wish to read it.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453551055054412289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151857441146822972006-07-02T12:24:00.000-04:002006-07-02T12:24:00.000-04:00Good for you, RP!Good for you, RP!will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151848115758608482006-07-02T09:48:00.000-04:002006-07-02T09:48:00.000-04:00Well, I finished it. And it even said some good th...Well, I finished it. And it even said some good things!<BR/><BR/>Finished the rough draft at 5:30 last night, the final draft this morning at 9:23.<BR/><BR/>The advantages of a midday service!<BR/><BR/>And next Sunday I am off!<BR/><BR/>Boston, here I come!<BR/><BR/>(although all week I will be trying to get started on the sermon for the 16th)Rainbow Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294525557328362313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151835117113369012006-07-02T06:11:00.000-04:002006-07-02T06:11:00.000-04:00Good job all.Now for the two things that one of my...Good job all.<BR/><BR/>Now for the two things that one of my homiletics professors told me was absolutely essential to preaching:<BR/><BR/>1) Let it go... the Holy Spirit has got your back.<BR/><BR/>2) If you got a dog, walk it proud.<BR/><BR/>God bless today.will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151817332192391852006-07-02T01:15:00.000-04:002006-07-02T01:15:00.000-04:00Okay, I made it! Hooray! Now to sleep.Okay, I made it! Hooray! Now to sleep.semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151815450859167382006-07-02T00:44:00.000-04:002006-07-02T00:44:00.000-04:00Still plugging away here, at 12:39 a.m. Eastern ti...Still plugging away here, at 12:39 a.m. Eastern time. But approaching the end. Whew!<BR/><BR/>(nobody in seminary ever told us about the Antonio Banderas sermon delivery service! sign me up!)semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151808255148123712006-07-01T22:44:00.000-04:002006-07-01T22:44:00.000-04:00Hurray for Stacey!And yay for Contemplative Chapla...Hurray for Stacey!<BR/>And yay for Contemplative Chaplain!<BR/>Who else?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151808100027671992006-07-01T22:41:00.000-04:002006-07-01T22:41:00.000-04:00Done at last, done at last, thank God almighty, I'...Done at last, done at last, thank God almighty, I'm done at last!Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453551055054412289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151807438696228132006-07-01T22:30:00.000-04:002006-07-01T22:30:00.000-04:00Oy. This sermon is coalescing only with much weep...Oy. This sermon is coalescing only with much weeping and gnashing of teeth. I'd take a delivery from Antonio Banderas gladly about now....Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453551055054412289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151805332267430822006-07-01T21:55:00.000-04:002006-07-01T21:55:00.000-04:00Geez, and I thought I felt dirty...Geez, and I thought I felt dirty...will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151805050804726482006-07-01T21:50:00.000-04:002006-07-01T21:50:00.000-04:00Need him? Or want him?Heeheehee.Need him? Or want him?<BR/>Heeheehee.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151804491181355622006-07-01T21:41:00.000-04:002006-07-01T21:41:00.000-04:00Red, white and blue communion bread?!? WTF?I'm su...Red, white and blue communion bread?!? WTF?<BR/><BR/>I'm sure Jesus got a chuckle out of that one...civil religion at it's finest.<BR/><BR/>Sermon's finished. Not great, but finished. Now if I can just sleep tonight with the neighbor's 4th of July party outside!<BR/><BR/>Blessings to all...Contemplative Chaplainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418239767846591430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151804195753377912006-07-01T21:36:00.000-04:002006-07-01T21:36:00.000-04:009:30 eastern time... any of you still out there? A...9:30 eastern time... any of you still out there? Anyone need sermon illustration help? Anyone need Antonio Banderas to show up with a sermon?will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151794025011552222006-07-01T18:47:00.000-04:002006-07-01T18:47:00.000-04:006?6?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151793934853215632006-07-01T18:45:00.000-04:002006-07-01T18:45:00.000-04:00OK, I'm not preaching the lectionary.... but just ...OK, I'm not preaching the lectionary.... but just telling a good story about being still and knowing God. A little about what I'm learing about the "Theology from the Pit" so I'm going with a couple of Psalms. Extra Credit for those who can guess which ones.... =o)<BR/><BR/>Oh, and last year? We had Red, White and Blue braided communion bread -- it was just so ... wrong. Just so wrong.Theresa Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12134175277230355640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151791424267755582006-07-01T18:03:00.000-04:002006-07-01T18:03:00.000-04:00Stacey, I like where you are headed.The secret to ...Stacey, I like where you are headed.<BR/><BR/>The secret to my success: a Pepsi. I sent my husband out to get one for me, and once that bad-for-you sugary carbonated beverage hit my tonsils, I was all set.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151790182745178192006-07-01T17:43:00.000-04:002006-07-01T17:43:00.000-04:00I blogged earlier in the week about how, as music ...I blogged earlier in the week about how, as music minister, I have to lead a patriotic-only lineup of hymns (a couple of which are NOT Christian hymns), including all four verses of the National Anthem as the opening hymn. I'm still gritting my teeth over it. I won't take up space here over my concerns about the direction the pastor's sermon may take, given her Memorial Day theme. BUT--big BUT--Catherine at "Come to the Table" reminded me, with her exquisite poem about a mid-week Communion experience, that we're still having Communion this week at our church. That always snaps me out of wherever I've been and reminds me who and Whose I am...and we are. So no matter how uncomfortable things may be early on, worship will turn out well.Psalmisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844681463669483309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151790099568768942006-07-01T17:41:00.000-04:002006-07-01T17:41:00.000-04:00Congrats to those who are done. I am not among yo...Congrats to those who are done. I am not among your number...but I'm getting there. I'm going with a third person narrative, first describing the woman and girl, focusing on their "nobody-ness," then Jesus' reaction to them as "somebodies," and with a brief movement at the end wondering about how we treat the nobodies we encounter.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453551055054412289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151789583449870692006-07-01T17:33:00.000-04:002006-07-01T17:33:00.000-04:00Okay, friends, I'm finished, I think. I'm going to...Okay, friends, I'm finished, I think. I'm going to print it out and read it over, then post it on my blog, for those who are interested.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151787290345670112006-07-01T16:54:00.000-04:002006-07-01T16:54:00.000-04:00I went for a narrative approach and blogged a firs...I went for a narrative approach and blogged a first draft- one comment so far has been positive- i don't often preach narrative sermons- but this seemed rightSallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151786058371732332006-07-01T16:34:00.000-04:002006-07-01T16:34:00.000-04:00I make no promises about quality, and there's not ...I make no promises about quality, and there's not a lot of quantity, but it's done. And I'm back at the office with 90 minutes to spare... whew! <BR/>I love the new Saturday format!Pink Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296241924143424891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151785066723288152006-07-01T16:17:00.000-04:002006-07-01T16:17:00.000-04:00Rainbow Pastor, your comment looks much like many ...Rainbow Pastor, your comment looks much like many of the e-mails will smama and I have exchanged in the past. Much. <BR/><BR/>We're here to serve!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151781367131039352006-07-01T15:16:00.000-04:002006-07-01T15:16:00.000-04:00My name is Rainbow Pastor, and I, roo, am a procra...My name is Rainbow Pastor, and I, roo, am a procrastinator.<BR/><BR/>Usually I have a good chunk of the sermon done by Friday, and Satruday is a re-write and print day...not this week. What with the crud and the emergency wedding and all, I just didn't get the juices flowing.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't too worried, because I knew the passage I was doing, and the general direction. I'm doing a series on David (following the lectionary) and applying his life to the life and events of the congregation (in a group sense). And this one was pretty easy, I thought, and I have lots of thoughts and ideas and notes about Favid's lament over Jonathan and Saul, and what it shows us about relationships and leadership (don't diss you predessesor--I know that's not spelled right but oh well--and so on). <BR/><BR/>So why can't I get any of it on paper?<BR/><BR/>I put it off this morning for the Canada Day parade (only a block away, we might as well go see it), and then the yard sales of two friends (separate yard sales, ten minutes apart), and then since we were out, we picked up a few things at the store, and then I had to read my email...<BR/><BR/>And now it's three, I haven't got a word down, and I have a sermon and a prayer to put together for tomorrow. Plus we have two visitors tomorrow I want to make a good impression on--student pastors who will be substituting for me later on in the summer.<BR/><BR/>My mind keeps drifting to the fireworks tonight (yes, two nights of fireworks in one week, is this a great town or what?!) and my sister's wedding next week, and how in the world are we going to get the file cabinet we bought at one of the yard sales out of the car and into the house (and hopefully upstairs to the office)?<BR/><BR/>Sermon? What sermon?<BR/><BR/>Help!<BR/><BR/>I know, I know, get off the comments page and start typing. I'm going, I'm going!Rainbow Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294525557328362313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1151781124023360592006-07-01T15:12:00.000-04:002006-07-01T15:12:00.000-04:00Flooding or no, there will be people in church tom...Flooding or no, there will be people in church tomorrow, expecting to hear the Word and receive the Sacrament, and so, I write.<BR/><BR/>That sounded so high and lofty! The truth is, we're currently out of further flood danger, and while my lawn has been mowed, the sermon exists only as wisps floating through my head.<BR/><BR/>I think, maybe, if I ever actually start to put down real words, perhaps, I'm talking about how Jesus treated the nobodies of the world - little girls, bleeding women etc. - not just as somebodies but as beloved daughters. We'll see.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453551055054412289noreply@blogger.com