tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post1319095508706987784..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Tuesday Lectionary Leanings - Everything New EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-87603311264142332452011-05-26T20:36:46.100-04:002011-05-26T20:36:46.100-04:00Brick Testament is wonderful!
I've been juxta...Brick Testament is wonderful!<br /><br />I've been juxtaposing Acts and John in Eastertide, mostly because i find it difficult to preach John. I won't be preaching this Sunday - away at a family wedding - but I love Paul at the Areopagus! Love meditating on the known God as opposed to the unknown God...the God who loves us so much that God WANTS to be known to us. That ties nicely to the love-love-love John stuff. <br /><br />On the other hand, having preached two or three sermons a week ad infinitum (or at least since I was on BE4.0) I am so very grateful that Amy P-T will be preaching for me this week.mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129758906278501568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-25438689669337553762011-05-25T19:23:18.685-04:002011-05-25T19:23:18.685-04:00Stephanie, thanks for the reminder about Memorial ...Stephanie, thanks for the reminder about Memorial Day. Am preaching in two wildly different contexts this Sunday. Memorial Day and not leaving us orphaned seems fitting for the homeless shelter; unknown God for the alternative service filled with people who are just returning to church after a long time away. Thanks for the Harvey Cox tip, Gord.RevAllihttp://revalli@wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33053196668936635102011-05-25T14:18:04.918-04:002011-05-25T14:18:04.918-04:00I'm just back from vacation and think I'm ...I'm just back from vacation and think I'm going to preach the epistle, although I am not sure why. Like many of us, I feel like I have hammered the John text to death and I preached the Acts lesson the last time it came up. I have a wedding out of town Saturday which involved most of Friday, too.<br />Frankly, I would rather stay home and begin clearing the trees from my backyard. We got nothing like Joplin - maybe just more rain/hail/straight line winds - but much of my neighborhood in East TN is trying to dig out from under masses of trees. No damage to house, church or car, tbtg, but the latest tree down at church is right outside the window behind the altar. So sad to lose and what will people look at during the sermon now???Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722745745959393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-34618140435821821612011-05-25T11:14:00.206-04:002011-05-25T11:14:00.206-04:00I'm back from my vacation today, and I'm n...I'm back from my vacation today, and I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do. I made the plan before I left the office last week that I would preach from Acts this week, but now I'm coming back into a week with a funeral and a few unbloggables. Not at all sure if I have it in me even write a sermon this week. Too. much. going. on.<br /><br />So, I'm THINKING about doing something with Memorial Day, something I HARDLY touch in worship usually. We have a great "Cloud of Witnesses" banner that I started a few years ago. I pull it out on All Saints Day for sure, but have also pulled it out on other occasions like Memorial Day or when the sermon fit. People get to add the names of the saints who have died to the banner. I might do that with something that's more of a sharing time for Memorial Day.<br /><br />Ooh! Or I could do something that we did in my youth group when I was in high school. We made pipecleaner sculptures - - 1 pipecleaner formed into a memorial for us, a reminder, of God's love and presence. I might work that in with the Acts passage actually, the statues of gods....<br /><br />Totally thinking out loud here. I need to go back to the Scripture and see where the Spirit may blow.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-52244766033932954782011-05-24T18:57:19.743-04:002011-05-24T18:57:19.743-04:00Okay, I changed my mind. I'm preaching the gos...Okay, I changed my mind. I'm preaching the gospel. I blame the Holy Spirit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-255371493274113812011-05-24T16:07:50.562-04:002011-05-24T16:07:50.562-04:00Still just cherry-picking phrases out of all three...Still just cherry-picking phrases out of all three readings...and so loving our discussions in the meantime. The 1 Peter is so delightful because of the way he gets himself completely bogged down in what was obviously so clear to him in his own mind...the patron saint of Saturday night, Peter.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-66642556102426879142011-05-24T16:04:36.212-04:002011-05-24T16:04:36.212-04:00Not totally sure but it looks like a John-Acts com...Not totally sure but it looks like a John-Acts combo.<br /><br />KJZ - "unrelenting love" will be the point, as I see it now. It's very early tho!<br /><br />Songbird - I have a double baptism this Sunday, too, an infant and his 4 year old brother. <br /><br />Seeing the Brick Testament makes me remember when my nieces introduced me to the Veggie Tales "Silly Songs with Larry" and I thought I would never laugh that hard again. That is, until my <i>adult</i> Bible Study group wanted to supplement our Old Testament study with the Veggie Tales version of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho. The things we do for love!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664886080822930195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-76810198344683149652011-05-24T15:45:00.050-04:002011-05-24T15:45:00.050-04:00Songbird - right! i knew a guy who always called ...Songbird - right! i knew a guy who always called Acts "The Bible's Comic Book," and he meant it respectfully. I mean there's a reason it's called ACTS - lotsa action!<br /><br />kzj - judging from the high percentage of acts choosers in this group, I'd say you are not alone!<br /><br />Thanks for the links Red and Gord - will go now and check out what you have been thinking.Jennifer Garrison Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170014214291920971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-58704726120303508632011-05-24T12:59:36.543-04:002011-05-24T12:59:36.543-04:00Well, up here in the north country, camping season...Well, up here in the north country, camping season officially started last week and that means that nearly half of our folks will be gone. Those who stay are those who are not able (because of finances or health) to afford RV's and rent lake lots for the summer. The good news is I get to do lots of pastoral visits in shorts out at the various lakes. But back here in the city, it means that my congregation is quite different from the winter months, so I need to change my preaching style somewhat. I'm not sure what this will mean this week. I'm drawn to the Acts passage, but I'm wondering if John's "unrequited love" (thanks Kathryn) might be more suited to the congregation.The Lady Fatherhttp://kiltsdjembesandredboots.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-7116132230080440102011-05-24T11:32:03.149-04:002011-05-24T11:32:03.149-04:00WEll I will try again...
I am going with the Acts...WEll I will try again...<br /><br />I am going with the Acts passage (expanded on both ends for a more complete story). In this choice I am informed/influenced by Harvey Cox in <i>The Future of Faith</i> where he suggests that in terms of the faith landscape today's world (with its cosmopolitan, heterogenous nature) more closely resembles Paul's context than than it does the time of our grandparents.<br /><br />My opening thoughts are <a href="http://ministerialmutterings.blogspot.com/2011/05/looking-forward-to-may-29-2011-6th.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. My hope is that this will flow nicely (and yet independently since last week was a holiday weekend) from Sunday's discussion of John 14:6 and a pluralistic world.Gordhttp://followingfrodo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-17784215928909096592011-05-24T10:58:18.079-04:002011-05-24T10:58:18.079-04:00This is a comment test.This is a comment test.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88092005137651537372011-05-24T10:08:50.969-04:002011-05-24T10:08:50.969-04:00Well, it seems that I have 2500 words, so I'll...Well, it seems that I have 2500 words, so I'll stop now. I never did get to two of my points, but I have a beginning and middle and end and 500 words that have to go. On Thursday.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-75381602586903017952011-05-24T08:50:20.116-04:002011-05-24T08:50:20.116-04:00I'm preaching on I Peter (see comment to yeste...I'm preaching on I Peter (see comment to yesterday's post) and I'm writing it right now. It's going to be so long that I decided to spit it all out in one day and then take at least a complete day away from it before I begin to prune.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60382514387193284172011-05-24T08:38:03.485-04:002011-05-24T08:38:03.485-04:00Blogger has smited me. :(
I'll try again: Tha...Blogger has smited me. :(<br /><br />I'll try again: Thank you for the invitation to preach something other than John who is wearing me out with all of the love. Of course, this might actually be the point. Unrelenting love.kathrynzjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688707657432202432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-40755338092275809262011-05-24T08:13:14.859-04:002011-05-24T08:13:14.859-04:00If anyone is interested we are halfway through a w...If anyone is interested we are halfway through a wholes series on Acts. All the info is on the church site including podcasts and accompanying notes: http://www.thepointchurch.co.uk/teaching_acts.php<br /><br />red xRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296757944586260677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5082465087101437072011-05-24T08:12:53.901-04:002011-05-24T08:12:53.901-04:00I love the Brick Testament.
Have you seen the Man...I love the Brick Testament. <br />Have you seen the Manga Bible? It leaves you wondering why there hasn't been a "Jason and the Argonauts" type movie of the Acts of the Apostles.<br />I'm actually going to use the epistle this week because we have a baptism (two, actually, a new baby and his 5 year old cousin), but I'm undecided as to whether to pair it with Acts or John or let it stand alone. I'll be back when I have clearer thoughts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.com