tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post1440857544208977312..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: Good Shepherd EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-84984841004380940502008-04-14T18:33:00.000-04:002008-04-14T18:33:00.000-04:00Teri -- don't know if you'll be back, but wanted t...Teri -- don't know if you'll be back, but wanted to let you know that I'm praying on your meeting.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69516273676835909342008-04-13T20:41:00.000-04:002008-04-13T20:41:00.000-04:00I'm here, Teri, and so glad to hear all you report...I'm here, Teri, and so glad to hear all you reported. May the meeting, when it comes, be what is best for both of you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57327109158751966162008-04-13T20:34:00.000-04:002008-04-13T20:34:00.000-04:00okay, I don't know if y'all check on this again, b...okay, I don't know if y'all check on this again, but I have this to say: thanks. I woke up this morning (after only a very little sleeping!) with that anxiety-produced sick feeling, but went to church, survived. Talked to Senior Pastor, who agreed the cc-ing was inappropriate and who promised not to respond. Disappointed woman did not come to church today, so I sent her an email saying that I'm really sorry for causing her disappointment and that I would be happy to talk with her this week at her convenience. also dealt with some other issues so they won't be hitting me over the head this week while SP is out of town. Came home, slept four blissfully uninterrupted and good hours. Am feeling better....I know that when I talk with this woman it will be horrible and hurtful, but at least it will be over and I think it will wipe the slate relatively clean. We'll see.<BR/><BR/>I seriously could not have gotten everything done last night without all of you here at the party, so thanks. :-)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-65713774129587698402008-04-13T17:53:00.000-04:002008-04-13T17:53:00.000-04:00Thanks for the kind words. Preaching without note...Thanks for the kind words. <BR/><BR/>Preaching without notes is good practice...and I would love to do more of it, but it usually takes more time out of my week. This week I had the other issue...the ideas were too slippery to get down on paper. Does this make sense?Tripp Hudginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987346084472861229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88330487800073683582008-04-13T15:50:00.000-04:002008-04-13T15:50:00.000-04:00The Tuesday lectionary stuff and the preacher part...The Tuesday lectionary stuff and the preacher party saved me this a.m. THANKS! TREV GALS AND PALS ROCK!<BR/><BR/>And the business mtg. was difficult but not contentious....whew.Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-82574740431814429092008-04-13T14:00:00.000-04:002008-04-13T14:00:00.000-04:00Tripp all I can say is Wow. the only time I preac...Tripp all I can say is Wow. the only time I preach without notes is at my "Jazz Sermon" Wednesday morning matins time. I would love to preach without notes sometimes, but I'm still too chicken. (the idea would be that I would still have some idea what I was going to say.)Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-72169097673284692122008-04-13T08:11:00.000-04:002008-04-13T08:11:00.000-04:00Tripp, you really wrangled this week, didn't you?I...Tripp, you really wrangled this week, didn't you?<BR/>I am relieved to have a manuscript, not that it's anything new, but still, I'm glad to have one. And if you haven't read mompriest's Sunday prayer, be sure to take a look!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57779789792669356972008-04-13T08:04:00.000-04:002008-04-13T08:04:00.000-04:00Oh. Wow. I was up at 3:30...just lying (laying?)...Oh. Wow. I was up at 3:30...just lying (laying?) there in bed obsessing on the sermon. We had a wedding last night at the church and it appears that I cannot do two things at once. So, in spite of the reading and all that stuff, nothing really came together until this morning.<BR/><BR/>So, I have an outline on <A HREF="http://www.anglobaptist.org/blog" REL="nofollow">my blog</A>. I'll be preaching "without notes." Oy. Veh.<BR/><BR/>Where's the coffee?<BR/><BR/>Blessings on all! (171 comments!?!?!)Tripp Hudginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987346084472861229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55751534247739111282008-04-13T07:45:00.000-04:002008-04-13T07:45:00.000-04:00I would love to get more products into our Cafe Pr...I would love to get more products into our Cafe Press store, however we are in need of a clever volunteer to manage it. If you or someone you know might have the inclination, please get in touch with me.<BR/>thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-7747488995613018492008-04-13T07:37:00.000-04:002008-04-13T07:37:00.000-04:00Here's the thing about little boys who fall asleep...Here's the thing about little boys who fall asleep before bedtime: they wake up roughly an hour-and-a-half before the alarm goes off. Oy. <BR/><BR/>Also, it's snowing.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm not feeling so great about my sermon. [You think I might've used the extra hour-and-a-half to work on it, but just b/c I was up didn't mean my brain was awake.]<BR/><BR/>Oh well. Happy preaching to all.earthchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447310443886956100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-77081679509122514522008-04-13T07:34:00.000-04:002008-04-13T07:34:00.000-04:00just checking in this a.m. to say-coffee pot's on-...just checking in this a.m. to say<BR/><BR/>-coffee pot's on<BR/>- be careful out there!<BR/>- let's go out there and preach!<BR/><BR/>off to walk the dog. i'm going sr pastor-less this morning.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63968881227212529532008-04-13T06:17:00.000-04:002008-04-13T06:17:00.000-04:00Closing in on my word count, and a point, but I ne...Closing in on my word count, and a point, but I never got to my second one. Oh well! My mantra is "Don't do too much" so I think I'll save that other one for another day and another sermon. Yipee! Looks like I'll get a snooze this morning!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-15765864873741803642008-04-13T05:26:00.000-04:002008-04-13T05:26:00.000-04:00Good morning! Good morning!I'm back to finish up....Good morning! Good morning!<BR/><BR/>I'm back to finish up. Wouldn't you know it the baby woke up 25 minutes after my appointed bedtime and what felt like 10 seconds afte I actually fell asleep.<BR/><BR/>Before I even moved a muscle I told dear husband exactly what the boy could have in the pain medicine department (he's teething...the baby, not the husband). He got out of bed and dealt with it and the baby's been sleeping ever since. A breakthrough! DH took care of a child in the night before I'm preaching. Hallelujah!<BR/><BR/>Looks like everyone else is gone, but maybe I'll catch you morning tweakers!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-53305289725964212272008-04-13T03:38:00.000-04:002008-04-13T03:38:00.000-04:00G'night and g'morning everyone. Blessings on all ...G'night and g'morning everyone. Blessings on all preparation, preaching, and pondering today!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-22909788264596630302008-04-13T02:43:00.000-04:002008-04-13T02:43:00.000-04:00I've got confused by times again but it's now Sund...I've got confused by times again but it's now Sunday morning here...Praying for Teri and for the rest of you as ever...sermon 1 done, sermon 2 in chunks (will finish after the morning round) BUT I could use a prayer or two myself as my Associate NSM, who was scheduled to lead me through this morning and advise on local variations to the normal shape of the liturgy just texted to ask if he can cover a crisis at his wife's church (she is vicar in a nearby parish)...Clearly I have to say Yes...I'm supposed to be a grown up priest in charge....but scope of chaos feels huge.<BR/>Blessings on all of you this Sunday. xxKathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-83215277348802674772008-04-13T01:32:00.000-04:002008-04-13T01:32:00.000-04:00I'm done with the sermon and almost done fighting ...I'm done with the sermon and almost done fighting with this computer. God be with you. nightThe Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-19725293882830851182008-04-13T01:16:00.000-04:002008-04-13T01:16:00.000-04:00Okay, I posted it. I wouldn't call it good but ma...Okay, I <A HREF="http://clevertitlehere.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">posted it.</A> I wouldn't call it good but maybe not as bad as I originally thought either. <BR/>I decided that I could decide in the moment RE Amazing Grace. I'm not sure I'm in an emotional place to do it so I wrote a paragraph that will work with or without the song. We'll just see how it goes.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much, friends--you have gotten me through this night. There is so much going on, then to have a night like this on top of it, I didn't think I was going to make it to tomorrow morning in one piece AND with a sermon. Glory be to you all and to the holy spirit, now and forever, amen.<BR/><BR/>With that, I must try to sleep. This is me, brushing my teeth and getting into bed, attempting not to obsess, to replay what could/should have been, to imagine the conversations to come, etc. Thank you for your prayers. I seriously do love you all, and I've never even met you. Thank you thank you a thousand times over.<BR/><BR/>goodnight--happy sleeping and proclaiming and ministering and whatever else is on your plate(s) for tomorrow...<BR/><BR/>peace!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-61302936473101083832008-04-13T01:04:00.001-04:002008-04-13T01:04:00.001-04:00Teri--yeah, it might be better to try and put toni...Teri--yeah, it might be better to try and put tonight behind you when you can! But I like what you're saying about communal memory--like the "flock mentality" that we tend to think of as a downside is also a positive side, too! Hearing the same voice means that we can follow together.<BR/><BR/>And we have rev kim too, although she may have just checked into bed. Which sounds really nice right about now.semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-15409320923669751052008-04-13T01:04:00.000-04:002008-04-13T01:04:00.000-04:00Oh Teri,I just re=read thru everything. What a da...Oh Teri,<BR/>I just re=read thru everything. What a day. DItto the supportive stuff already said - praying and pulling for you and glad you are getting a day off.Jennifer Garrison Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170014214291920971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-815675840925021112008-04-13T00:58:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:58:00.000-04:00Holy cow - - just realized my power source came un...Holy cow - - just realized my power source came unplugged from my laptop probably hours ago. My computer almost blanked out on me. Oi! Man, now the screen is much brighter and I can see much better!!!<BR/><BR/>Is it really 6 minutes until my appointed bedtime? I'm about a third of the way done, which isn't as far as I could be, but farther along than I am sometimes. I'll catch you all on the flip side!<BR/><BR/>Preach it Teri! The Holy Spirit's got you this time (and every time)! I'd have to say I'd probably leave the singing out this time for fear of losing it at the wrong time. I'm not saying I think it's never OK for a preacher to cry in the pulpit, but this time, for you, it might be for different reasons and it might be harder or too hard to recover mid-sermon or mid-service. That's my assessment of what it would be like for me, though. I have to decide if that kind of vulnerability is good for the church or just good for me. If it's just good for me then it doesn't make it into the sermon. I'm not saying that's what it would be for you in this case, but just how I make the decision myself.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55803687767869754172008-04-13T00:41:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:41:00.000-04:00(re amazing grace, that should say "no words proje...(re amazing grace, that should say "no words projected"--obviously the song has words...)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-38793279731324571582008-04-13T00:40:00.001-04:002008-04-13T00:40:00.001-04:00I am SO still here, though I think I'm only in nee...I am SO still here, though I think I'm only in need of a conclusion right now. Semfem, I like that business of hearing the shepherd through the other sheep! I'm not sure I can make it fit this time, but I did say something about sheep, when they stay together in the flock, being better able to learn their place, their shepherd's voice, etc. Then I sort of personified sheep (since we sheep-ify ourselves all the time) to suggest that sheep are better able to keep their memory of the shepherd's voice and of their story when they join their voices and their ears together as a flock rather than being scattered and alone. <BR/>Or something.<BR/>I have no idea if this sermon makes any sense. I am right now struggling with whether to access some "lifting our voices together" communal memories by singing Amazing Grace, no words, just community voices helping each other out, during the sermon. I have a lot of emotional baggage that goes with that song. Earlier this week I thought I might be able to do it, but now I'm not so sure that I'm in an emotional/spiritual/exhaustion-level place to do it. <BR/><BR/>I've decided that when I get a conclusion, the sermon is done. This is one I am going to just have to let go and let the Holy Spirit fly it off to people's ears because I do not have the energy to refine or even turn it from bad to mediocre. I hate that feeling, but it looks like tonight is the night of feelings I hate. oh well. <BR/><BR/>Thank God my senior pastor is going out of town on Monday (that means no morning meetings this week!) and I have confirmation field trips, not class, next weekend--that means I can take Monday off. hallelujah!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5403535068144522552008-04-13T00:40:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:40:00.000-04:00Just finished writing my sermon for the second-tim...Just finished writing my sermon for the second-time today. It's probably a bit more focused than the first unsaved version. At least I have a funny opening story.Rev Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04441988001400641628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-87543626470744512892008-04-13T00:38:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:38:00.000-04:00Okay, we have Juniper too!Sweet salve of nurture, ...Okay, we have Juniper too!<BR/><BR/>Sweet salve of nurture, does this pulpit make my butt look big?<BR/><BR/>Love it!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33192487241393327242008-04-13T00:37:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:37:00.000-04:00I'm here but my desktop keeps crashing programs, u...I'm here but my desktop keeps crashing programs, usually the one I'm trying to use at that very moment. gag.The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.com