tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post2758590386787868408..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: Not This One again...Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-2333853975974804912013-08-18T13:36:02.261-04:002013-08-18T13:36:02.261-04:00Aaaand it preached! Just for completeness' sa...Aaaand it preached! Just for completeness' sake, the whole service is <a href="http://sandhilldiary.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/service-taking-the-leap-august-18-2013/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Next time I have the pulpit, if I wear a cute silky scarf, I will remember to pin it in place so it doesn't slither all over creation while I wave my hands around. File under "Wardrobe malfunction / things I don't need to learn in seminary."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-71392253871114039142013-08-18T07:10:36.208-04:002013-08-18T07:10:36.208-04:00Good Morning, PReacher friends! I feel asleep last...Good Morning, PReacher friends! I feel asleep last night at 9:30pm. (Didn't I say I was exhausted?) ...anyway, I think I have read all the sermons and commented and welcomed all y'all! If I missed you it was not intentional. AND - I will be holding each of you and all of you in my prayers as this day unfolds and you break open the word. Blessings!!!!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-54028487679071704552013-08-18T07:08:19.052-04:002013-08-18T07:08:19.052-04:00Welcome Marci, welcome back!Welcome Marci, welcome back!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63122494552053359642013-08-18T06:21:25.312-04:002013-08-18T06:21:25.312-04:00Hoping all went well with the sermon writing, Semf...Hoping all went well with the sermon writing, Semfem! Which ever direction it took!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-10287194262554157992013-08-18T06:20:43.231-04:002013-08-18T06:20:43.231-04:00wonderful! Glad it went well!wonderful! Glad it went well!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69814623516674341482013-08-18T06:20:04.653-04:002013-08-18T06:20:04.653-04:00I'm up! Now, it's after 6am here. Wonderfu...I'm up! Now, it's after 6am here. Wonderful that your sermon came together! Blessings on your day!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-32281264679449126522013-08-18T06:18:54.409-04:002013-08-18T06:18:54.409-04:00oh my goodness, Teri. I am holding you in prayer. ...oh my goodness, Teri. I am holding you in prayer. I do hope the words came, come...and also for that pastoral crisis. Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-74697001983451395032013-08-18T01:47:20.540-04:002013-08-18T01:47:20.540-04:00sigh. 12:46am and still no words written. pastoral...sigh. 12:46am and still no words written. pastoral crisis of confidential nature (even to all other church members) has taken up my past 3 hours. I need that personal relationship with God that I'm supposedly preaching about to kick in and turn into 1200 words ASAP...Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-56816836373664332802013-08-18T00:05:27.794-04:002013-08-18T00:05:27.794-04:00It is 5am and I have a sermon all done! Yay! I ha...It is 5am and I have a sermon all done! Yay! I had no intention of getting up quite THIS early.. but hey. I thought I can toss & turn or I can finish a sermon. Done. Might even be time for a little snooze, before I have to get up properly.... I have a chilled blueberry and banana smoothie- if anyone else is awake? <br />Ruth Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55851115933505993112013-08-17T23:10:31.496-04:002013-08-17T23:10:31.496-04:00Sunday afternoon, the interactive worship went wel...Sunday afternoon, the interactive worship went well. one person commented afterwards about how much time I put into getting worship ready. she thought I had cut out all the butterflies for worship - nope - sticky notes already in butterfly shape. :)a pearl downunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08850537216717300189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-51232920523615795452013-08-17T22:55:04.757-04:002013-08-17T22:55:04.757-04:00I Will Come To You is one of my guilty-pleasure hy...I Will Come To You is one of my guilty-pleasure hymns. lol. I put it at the end of the service as an attempt to counterbalance the me-and-my-sappy-jesus of the first three hymns. :)<br /><br />now, seriously, I must stop reading the news from Egypt and write a sermon. I get more and more distressed with every link and every photo. :-(Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41569198810715574962013-08-17T22:44:58.643-04:002013-08-17T22:44:58.643-04:00Checking in for the night shift! Today was a full...Checking in for the night shift! Today was a full, good day with an installation and a backyard wedding reception (wedding happened somewhere else a few months ago)...after which I promptly came home, took a hot shower, and am now settling down to write.<br /><br />Been planning on preaching on Hebrews and the cloud of witnesses all week...but something in Luke is also calling to me. As much as I don't want it to.semfemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60296095933130031022013-08-17T22:14:39.529-04:002013-08-17T22:14:39.529-04:00Hello everyone. Prayers to all who are still sermo...Hello everyone. Prayers to all who are still sermonizing!<br />Mine is done, after Jesus called me to burn the first draft and start again. <br />The fires near Sun Valley (about 2 hours from here) have colored the way I read this text from Luke. (Or maybe it is the smoke that has pervaded Boise that is doing the coloring). <br />I've been gone a lot (from here especially) this summer, but I'm back now! Have missed you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-86512630560459476552013-08-17T21:59:13.626-04:002013-08-17T21:59:13.626-04:00I understand the Mary Magdalene connection -- tha...I understand the Mary Magdalene connection -- that hymn and others of the same Jesus and me ilk are staples in my congregation. I've been preaching on hymns all month and once again getting needled about "You keep challenging us. . . ." (not intended as a compliment) -- the challenge being something along the lines of what MB's priest said, which turns out to be a radically huge challenge to the Jesus and me theology which I didn't actually know about -- but my people sure did! I'm imagining using Easter 2 to tell them "he walks with me and he talks with me" is not how the story goes at all. Actually, they probably have no idea that it's supposed to refer to MM and Jesus. Maybe I WILL preach on that when the time comes.<br /><br />I will admit to loving "I Will Come to You in the Silence." But the words do in fact read as an address to a community ("I will call you each by name"), so I find it very satisfying as emphasizing a simultaneously individual/corporate call, themes of justice, and the presence of God in the silence.<br /><br />The visiting cat got lost again for 4.5 hours this afternoon and was finally discovered in a closed kitchen cupboard in the entryway behind the stove. We think he slipped down to the basement when ds left the door open, and then climbed up the rafters and ductwork to locate an opening into the kitchen. The same way mice get in, which is probably related in some way. I wonder what sermon this little episode will illustrate someday?<br /><br />Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55270745064251777382013-08-17T21:48:07.739-04:002013-08-17T21:48:07.739-04:00Done - even with the detours from helping an trans...Done - even with the detours from helping an transient and figuring out which crew does the upcoming funeral dinner and helping the never-done-a-funeral-dinner-before crew leader figure out what she needs to do first. What a day this has been!<br /><br />VeggieTales gave me my 'in' - thinking about 'forgive as we forgive' and then I thought <a href="http://ramblingsjesusfreak.blogspot.com/2013/08/13th-sunday-after-pentecost-forgive-us.html" rel="nofollow">God Wants Me to Forgive THEM?</a>. I love VeggieTales! I wish I could show clips.<br /><br />Anyone ready for an adult libation - I have wine and Woodchuck Hard Cider? Or maybe some tea or cocoa for those who (like me) cannot write while drinking adult libations?ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034492637745064803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-61680261529396276452013-08-17T21:39:33.103-04:002013-08-17T21:39:33.103-04:00MB, these aren't really hymns from our traditi...MB, these aren't really hymns from our tradition either--they are favorites of people who grew up Southern Baptist, mostly. They are all very me-and-my-Jesus. Apparently I Come to the Garden is about Mary Magdalen on Easter morning...let me just tell you how I've missed that entirely up until now. It always sounds a bit like a stalker or an illicit relationship to me. <br />I do agree that we need a personal relationship with God. And that it's simultaneously impossible and imperative to build that relationship alone. <br />The closing hymn is "I Will Come To You In the Silence" which at least broadens God's action to beyond our personal warm fuzzies. How to get there, and preferably without rolling my eyes during the sappy hymns (sorry, they're just a bit too break-out-the-lighter for me, though I know many many people love them!)....these are questions that are still up in the air.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-25312283805932841452013-08-17T21:21:26.220-04:002013-08-17T21:21:26.220-04:00Teri, those are not hymns from my tradition, but I...Teri, those are not hymns from my tradition, but I once heard a priest say in a sermon that "I Come to the Garden" is an entirely unChristian sentiment, in that it's all about "me and God, all alone" and we need to be in community to understand and relate to God. Frankly, I disagree...we need a personal relationship with God, too. But how do the two work together? <br /><br />just thinkin'<br />Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-48560838548191377132013-08-17T21:04:57.682-04:002013-08-17T21:04:57.682-04:00The attention span of a ferret on crack in a shiny...The attention span of a ferret on crack in a shiny pinwheel factory...lol! I know exactly. exactly how you feel, how your brain feels!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81272546594953063872013-08-17T20:55:53.254-04:002013-08-17T20:55:53.254-04:00building a relationship with God - it is on the on...building a relationship with God - it is on the one hand what we are doing all day every day with ever effort to be in relationship with others and even to maintain a healthy relationship with self (no self scolding, guilt, etc)...on the other hand it also means being creative and open to creativity (wild grapes - Isaiah?)....even means embracing a bit our history and tradition - such as the way one can "know" the church through singing these old hymns...?Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-91368121008848241212013-08-17T20:38:48.051-04:002013-08-17T20:38:48.051-04:00well, here I am after a whole day at drumming clas...well, here I am after a whole day at drumming class. we had a rehearsal, a "performance" for the other classes that meet around the same time as ours, lunch together, and then a closing class where we learned brand new material. it was a great time, and I really enjoy the people and I'll probably sign up for another session of the class...but WOW do I need to figure out how to rearrange the rest of my week so i can write sometime earlier than this!<br /><br />This week in the series of favorite hymns brings all the personal piety oldies--I Come to the Garden, His Eye is on the Sparrow, Just a Closer Walk...so I picked Psalm 139 and Psalm 23, and I think I had some idea of talking about how we build a relationship with God. It seemed like a good idea at the time. And this week I had an adult ed small group that discussed prayer and why we do it and how it works, even! But now I'm having trouble figuring out how to start. I need an opening line or an opening paragraph, and maybe that would bring me the rest of the sermon. I know I know how to talk about this stuff--I have a book about building and deepening a relationship with the Divine coming out in a month, for pete's sake!! But a sermon about it? apparently not...Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-462256468698201712013-08-17T20:38:14.126-04:002013-08-17T20:38:14.126-04:00I have.
Seven hundred-ish words of beginning, a...I have. <br /><br />Seven hundred-ish words of beginning, and three hundred-ish words of ending, and that means I have to come up with two or three hundred words to fill the thought gap between them, and my brain is made of paste and I have the attention span of a ferret on crack in a shiny pinwheel factory.<br /><br />And then it needs to sit overnight and I have to read it in the morning and see what I left out, because I know I skip things.<br /><br />Help yourself to your choice of a crockpot boiled dinner (corned beef, cabbage, potatoes), a can of Moxie, or the virtual tasty baked goods I was going to make today if I finished my sermon early enough.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-24188639271952970292013-08-17T20:33:20.700-04:002013-08-17T20:33:20.700-04:00Nor should you start over - and really as I have s...Nor should you start over - and really as I have said before - sometimes our "good enough" sermons become "great" ones because in our willingness to just say what has come to us (instead of TRYING to make it "Brilliant" we often end up being brilliant!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-30464433667952156852013-08-17T20:31:25.343-04:002013-08-17T20:31:25.343-04:00yes. exactly.yes. exactly.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-64219395183831167052013-08-17T20:30:41.268-04:002013-08-17T20:30:41.268-04:00Awesome! I'll be over soon to read it....Awesome! I'll be over soon to read it....Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-68850616250037043332013-08-17T20:29:49.178-04:002013-08-17T20:29:49.178-04:00Oh course you wouldn't do *that*...you would m...Oh course you wouldn't do *that*...you would manage to be (mostly) fully present for the family....and, yay you! getting as much done as you did!!!!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com