tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post2128913145634485496..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: Render Unto Caesar EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-62767845372761580922008-10-19T08:16:00.000-04:002008-10-19T08:16:00.000-04:00Here we go Preachers, here we go (clap,clap)!Here ...Here we go Preachers, here we go (clap,clap)!<BR/>Here we go Preachers, hee we go (clap, clap)!<BR/>Go, Preach, Pray!<BR/>Go, Preach, Pray!<BR/>H-O-L-Y S-P-I-R-I-T! Goooooooo Spirit!<BR/>After a full day of ballgames, band contests, on-call deaths,colds, weddings, and bake sales,<BR/>I figured you could all use some pickup cheers!<BR/>Alright Preachers, lets get out there and do this thing!1-4 Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688216101068437927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-37582622154891927642008-10-19T08:15:00.000-04:002008-10-19T08:15:00.000-04:00morning ladies (and gents)! I just watched the su...morning ladies (and gents)! I just watched the sun come up while I ate breakfast--a sure sign that winter is upon us. This is the first day it's still been DARK when I got out of the shower. (sigh)<BR/><BR/>I think I've figured out what feels weird about my number problem: not the numbers, but the fact that it's such a small portion of my congregation. I hope for sermons to spark conversation and thought, and it's hard to do that if 80% of the congregation hears something else. I think that's the root of the motivation problem. But now it's nearly worship time so I'm off to try to be around when we encounter the HS together! :-)<BR/><BR/>For breakfast (or lunch for those of you across the pond who are done already!) I have (surprise, surprise) apple stuff! apple cake, apple slices and caramel dip, and apple sauce. :-) enjoy!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-20829399974300694272008-10-19T07:45:00.000-04:002008-10-19T07:45:00.000-04:00Vicar, you made me laugh out loud!!! I wonder if I...Vicar, you made me laugh out loud!!! I wonder if I can work that in, too...<BR/><BR/>Well, I have plenty of time, since I have one service, and it doesn't start until 10 a.m. ;-)<BR/><BR/>(((preachers))) <-- Group Hug<BR/><BR/>Whether you are preaching once or thrice, to hundreds or dozens, may the Holy Spirit be among you this day, my friends. Remember you are rendering unto God what is God's, and the numbers game is certainly Caesar's territory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-70241598723542542472008-10-19T07:02:00.000-04:002008-10-19T07:02:00.000-04:00I'm here for a little while, trying to change a fe...I'm here for a little while, trying to change a few words before I get going....<BR/><BR/>Will smama, have a good meeting at 8:35.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-79982811586231727752008-10-19T06:51:00.000-04:002008-10-19T06:51:00.000-04:00Done, finally, with 1266 words! And now off to sh...Done, finally, with 1266 words! And now off to shower and get ready for the day.<BR/><BR/>Blessings on all pondering, preaching and proclamation this day.semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-6765886607350816912008-10-19T06:12:00.000-04:002008-10-19T06:12:00.000-04:00Any early risers here? I'm still working, almost ...Any early risers here? I'm still working, almost done, trying to figure out a good conclusion...semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-56463054383096877192008-10-19T03:31:00.000-04:002008-10-19T03:31:00.000-04:00I have finally finished. Sleep well y'all and have...I have finally finished. Sleep well y'all and have a blessed SundayThe Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-4474794335322130662008-10-19T02:46:00.000-04:002008-10-19T02:46:00.000-04:00I just put my head down on the table and got a few...I just put my head down on the table and got a few hours of sleep...so now it's back to writing...or rather, starting to do the actual writing.<BR/><BR/>This is going to be interesting...semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-21306781183125364612008-10-19T01:49:00.000-04:002008-10-19T01:49:00.000-04:00I'm going to bed with a half-baked sermon but a co...I'm going to bed with a half-baked sermon but a completely worn out person. many prayers for those of you still working this night. I'll be up early after my nap.Nutellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559660404768794803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-80921412429200696782008-10-19T01:27:00.000-04:002008-10-19T01:27:00.000-04:00I sat here and prayed for the HS to guide me, and ...I sat here and prayed for the HS to guide me, and then I thought of a couple of illustrations to add. I think this sermon is about finished (even as I hear the baby starting to cry). <BR/><BR/>Good night.A. Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461571149437568776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-58672192921466864122008-10-19T01:00:00.000-04:002008-10-19T01:00:00.000-04:00Songbird, you are quite welcome. btw, your "encour...Songbird, you are quite welcome. btw, your "encouraging word" need reminded me of a joke.<BR/><BR/>A herd of buffalo was grazing on the range where the deer and the antelope play. Suddenly, a cowboy came riding up, jumped off his horse, got right up in the face of a buffalo and said, "You are the sorriest excuse for a buffalo I ever saw. Your eyes are bloodshot, your fur is dirty and matted, and you stink." with that he jumped back on his horse and rode away. The buffalo turned to his neighbor and said, "You know, I think I just heard a discouraging word."The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59777512180497265172008-10-19T00:54:00.000-04:002008-10-19T00:54:00.000-04:00I'm finally home from marching band contest. Shoul...I'm finally home from marching band contest. Should've taken the laptop but I didn't even think about that. I'm hoping sermon completion happens soon 'cause I'm exhausted.The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-31088594472362981702008-10-19T00:40:00.000-04:002008-10-19T00:40:00.000-04:00I'm still up, but tired so probably go sleep s...I'm still up, but tired so probably go sleep soon and up early. I have many thoughts & notes. trying to narrow focus so I don't ramble all over. The events of last week caught up with me at the end of this week (so I felt pretty wiped out the last couple mornings) and I also just spent 2 days at our diocesan convention, so this all cut into my sermon prep & ponderings this week.Loribytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898558311333261989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81559553966045362962008-10-19T00:34:00.000-04:002008-10-19T00:34:00.000-04:00It was kinda hard to tell fey from Palin...quite f...It was kinda hard to tell fey from Palin...quite funny, but mroe Fey needed.<BR/>Josh B. is hyestrical as W..need to see movie.<BR/>Okay,I am going to bed, my drugs kicked in, uh my team lsot in last 4 minutes! Ugh....<BR/>I have a "okay" sermon, not my very best ,but it was a tough one to handle.<BR/>My dear grandmother told story of telling me to do my best (as we were being dropped off at school).<BR/>My answer? We don't have to do our best. We jsut have to qualify!<BR/>So, lets walk our dogs tomorrow, do our best, hope to qualify!<BR/>Say, G'nite, Gracie!1-4 Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688216101068437927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81489963087156262422008-10-19T00:12:00.000-04:002008-10-19T00:12:00.000-04:00Diane, my first service is at 10:30 but if it make...Diane, my first service is at 10:30 but if it makes you feel any better I have a meeting at 8:30.<BR/><BR/>Nutella, hang in there. I hope you get some time to just 'be' in the coming month.<BR/><BR/>IMHO: The SNL opening was too much Palin, not enough Fey... but I missed the very beginning.<BR/><BR/>G'night!will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-77078586769763171722008-10-18T23:55:00.001-04:002008-10-18T23:55:00.001-04:00I just got back from spending the last three days ...I just got back from spending the last three days at an immigration conference in Chicago... very informative and inspiring!!! And now I'm sitting down with a few pages written of my sermon and I'm feeling really really tired. <BR/><BR/>I've been longing for a more interactive, conversational sermon, so I'm kind of thinking about using the background pieces that I have done already, and then to spend the rest of the message time with some more free flowing questions and discussion. <BR/><BR/>My basic premise: we are in the midst of a political season that is brutal. And we get so wrapped up in the fighting that we can't see one another as human beings anymore and we can't even see where God is in the midst of it. Like the herodians and the pharisees who are arguing about whether or not it was okay to pay taxes. <BR/><BR/>Jesus brings us back into focus. There are some things that have to be done in government - and we have to participate to some extent. we need to get out there and vote. we need to make our voices heard. <BR/><BR/>but at the end of the day - caesar doesn't own everything. he doesn't own our hearts or our minds or our souls. And we have to stop giving up pieces of ourselves in this brutal election. we have to take the long view and really focus on what God wants us to do. and we have to recognize that we belong to God. above all else.Katie Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01143363139786424632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-51477216770742926842008-10-18T23:55:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:55:00.000-04:00well, I'd love to hang out with all of you, but I ...well, I'd love to hang out with all of you, but I have three church services tomorrow....<BR/><BR/>(please feel sorry for me...)<BR/><BR/>have fun, all of you whose first service is at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>is there anybody really like that?Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-13627846012017089142008-10-18T23:50:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:50:00.000-04:00Nighty-night ladies! This should have been done e...Nighty-night ladies! This should have been done even earlier, but I farted around, playing games. Too bad I wasn't watching the clock and I missed the SNL open. Stupid me!!!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-80070136664996700432008-10-18T23:46:00.001-04:002008-10-18T23:46:00.001-04:00wandered in to offer some grapes and orange slices...wandered in to offer some grapes and orange slices. I have a paper 90% done... and head to modular week tomorrow after church, clean up, laundry, packing, and more.<BR/><BR/>Praying for you preachers...<BR/>debDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077252518911858612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-9927342329768543882008-10-18T23:46:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:46:00.000-04:00I'm still up because I just got back from another ...I'm still up because I just got back from another call to a death...THIS is why I try very hard not to be on call on saturdays. Still no sermon. and no NBC to watch SNL thanks to time warner and our NBC station. so, must find something to say. I'm rendering to God a whole lot today. I'd appreciate God rendering to me a little something in return...say, a sermon.Nutellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559660404768794803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-46184227510912664982008-10-18T23:41:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:41:00.000-04:00Ah, trying to lure me to turn on the tv and watch ...Ah, trying to lure me to turn on the tv and watch SNL. I shall not do it. I can watch the clips on YouTube tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>I'm working away. Maybe half done. Application shouldn't be this difficult, but it is grace I am discussing. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, this week has been too short. I should have had this sermon done before my on-call yesterday (if my son had not gotten sick with a stomach virus). I can't decide why my stomach is hurting: virus or just anxiety over finishing this sermon. Hmmmm....A. Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461571149437568776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-75841194420106621202008-10-18T23:26:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:26:00.000-04:00SB, render unto the Rays and then you have yoursel...SB, render unto the Rays and then you have yourself a deal.<BR/><BR/>I am still up and taking a mini-break before reading through and hopefully concluding... <BR/><BR/>Palin is on SNL tonight in about 10 minutes. I am hoping Fey is there too and the goal is to see who can tell the two of them apart.will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-73818186039938805812008-10-18T23:22:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:22:00.000-04:00I'm still up. And cake and apples and tea sound d...I'm still up. And cake and apples and tea sound delicious!<BR/><BR/>I have a lot of material and notes that I typed up while riding in the car...so now it's time to actually make them a cohesive whole. But I'm tired and a bit boggled by the fact that it's Saturday night. Nothing about this week has been normal at all.<BR/><BR/>Those of you who are done, please send the HS my way, as well as the way of will smama and a.lin!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-91686814421528753302008-10-18T23:20:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:20:00.000-04:00I'm just up for a little while longer. I've got c...I'm just up for a little while longer. I've got chamomile tea, and some encouraging words. i'll check in once more before retiring....Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-50208709663684156752008-10-18T22:59:00.000-04:002008-10-18T22:59:00.000-04:00good luck, cheesehead!I brought cake back from the...good luck, cheesehead!<BR/><BR/>I brought cake back from the wedding (no, really, I did)--there's vanilla and chocolate. the bride and groom decided they didn't want to save any cake so they made us eat or take it away! the frosting is really good. :-)<BR/><BR/>Anyone still up and need tea? I have tea and cake! yay! And apples, of course. (sigh--still) help yourselves--tea's on the counter, ditto the cake...and the apples. It's a full counter. I think I'm off to bed to sleep on whether I like the sermon enough to preach or not. editing will be for the morning....Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.com