tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post4423947262425440963..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: Can I Grab Your Attention? editionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88187839032924050302012-05-20T07:35:39.963-04:002012-05-20T07:35:39.963-04:00Pat, healing thoughts and prayers. If you haven...Pat, healing thoughts and prayers. If you haven't already, I would recommend joining <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/324105847636725/" rel="nofollow">RevGalBlogPals' Facebook group</a> and posting something there. It's a great place to make a connection with people who might not read the comments here everyday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-8725901842541220772012-05-20T07:09:31.507-04:002012-05-20T07:09:31.507-04:00100th comment. Woo hoo.100th comment. Woo hoo.God_Guurrlllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184002827799859297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41595218878703313412012-05-20T07:08:44.262-04:002012-05-20T07:08:44.262-04:00MorningMorningGod_Guurrlllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184002827799859297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-37480953207347771452012-05-20T07:08:12.881-04:002012-05-20T07:08:12.881-04:00GoodGoodGod_Guurrlllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184002827799859297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88947818525056542102012-05-20T06:25:11.277-04:002012-05-20T06:25:11.277-04:00Good morning. I'm back to write. It was good...Good morning. I'm back to write. It was good sleep last night for the most part, so here comes the sermon!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59605188766612792792012-05-20T06:11:45.153-04:002012-05-20T06:11:45.153-04:00Whew, all finished and just printed. I think I ca...Whew, all finished and just printed. I think I can squeeze a little sleep in before I need to get up and get ready for church.<br /><br />Blessings on all pondering, preaching, and proclamation this day!semfemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-77818068357031188592012-05-20T06:09:15.059-04:002012-05-20T06:09:15.059-04:00Good morning, all! Will keep each of you and your ...Good morning, all! Will keep each of you and your various concerns and activities and sermons in my prayers today.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-76686672970142522772012-05-20T03:39:40.243-04:002012-05-20T03:39:40.243-04:00I'm here, after a long day with a training ses...I'm here, after a long day with a training session and a good dinner out, then some sermon-related reading, an impromptu nap, and now finally I really must start to make some progress.<br /><br />Unfortunately I just remembered that the children's sermon was supposed to be helium balloons for the kids to let go in the sanctuary (going up like Jesus did on Ascension). Said balloons are languishing forgotten in my office, not inflated with anything. Sigh. Oops.<br /><br />We're doing Easter 7, with the exception of the first reading--I swapped out the Matthias reading and swapped in Ascension. Preaching on John. Really liking David Lose's take on it as the OTHER Lord's Prayer and riffing off of that--what does it mean that Jesus is praying for us?<br /><br />Need to make some headway and get a least a little sleep, since I just remembered that tomorrow afternoon is busy too with a community concert and lunch with parishioners beforehand.<br /><br />Hoping everyone else is either sleeping or already leading worship and preaching fabulous sermons (depending on what time zone you are in)!semfemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59164521029969809382012-05-20T01:48:53.050-04:002012-05-20T01:48:53.050-04:00I am just getting here, perhaps the last one up to...I am just getting here, perhaps the last one up tonight. I had a day of errands, and a church meeting, and jogging, and a non-church meeting. But the best part was sending my son off to the prom; he and his girlfriend looked so joyous and lovely, just how the world should feel when you are 17/18. I managed not to get choked up--I am a cry at the drop of a hat type gal--but I have spent the last hour looking repeatedly at all the photos we took and wondering where this young man came from.<br /><br />Family sermon tomorrow, and I am doing a sort of strung out thing starting with the community formed as we share communion, and Jesus as the host and giving himself, and his prayer for the community he had formed, and somehow ending up with inviting them to write short prayers for those graduates we will be honoring at the next service and then leaving their prayers as an offering on the altar. I sure hope it works better than it sounds here! There are some of those gaps/leaps that I hope will be covered by meaningful silences or (more likely at a service with so many kids) a spontaneous comment that I can use as a transition. Talk about needing the Spirit!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-74605449390361231272012-05-20T01:37:59.226-04:002012-05-20T01:37:59.226-04:00I think you are right on track for the moment: foc...I think you are right on track for the moment: focus on the wonderful trifle, not the confidence-sucking other stuff. May the Spirit sustain you.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-68432637534863075142012-05-20T01:12:47.632-04:002012-05-20T01:12:47.632-04:00I am finally home. My head hurts. This sermon will...I am finally home. My head hurts. This sermon will have to do or the Holy Spirit will have to inspire me in the morning because I've already printed it. I'm only writing this to you because I'm waiting for a kid to arrive home (she has mere minutes left before doom). Blessings on your Sunday!The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-29196866232423772822012-05-20T00:51:48.068-04:002012-05-20T00:51:48.068-04:00I lOVE reading through Lectionary Homiletics (for ...I lOVE reading through Lectionary Homiletics (for example) and finding a good sermon and then scrolling down to the bottom and seeing that it is one of you! Just found your Ascension sermon, Marci Auld Glass! Nice job.RevKelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379342044637494081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69422693845026136292012-05-20T00:48:35.103-04:002012-05-20T00:48:35.103-04:00You're not alone! I'm up for a bit longer...You're not alone! I'm up for a bit longer. Not too much, but then I wake up again at 4:30 or 5:00 a.m.. Thoughts are with you!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719153477558047286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81288867150958641932012-05-19T23:51:00.466-04:002012-05-19T23:51:00.466-04:00I'm finally checking in! Home from a soccer to...I'm finally checking in! Home from a soccer tournament. Pawned the boy off on another family for the rest of the tournament tomorrow because the rest of the family is in Seattle for another tournament. Good day, though. And now I'm giving my sermon another look. I can go with what I have now, but there is still something to be said, and I'll try to coax it out. Blessings on all of you! <br />Thankful knowing I am not alone on Saturday night!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-62192556060995518122012-05-19T23:42:02.341-04:002012-05-19T23:42:02.341-04:00Ramona--I totally just flashed to the Vicar of Dib...Ramona--I totally just flashed to the Vicar of Dibley episode where Geraldine goes to everyone's Christmas lunch...and when she finally gets home and is ready to rest and digest, people show up with the leftovers. lol.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60951282041838718502012-05-19T23:39:49.849-04:002012-05-19T23:39:49.849-04:00okay, so the dessert was this incredible trifle wi...okay, so the dessert was this incredible trifle with angel food cake, some kind of tart creamy substance, and raspberries and blueberries. DELICIOUS. I brought you some virtual trifle, because I have plans for the actual leftovers. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.<br /><br />Thank you friends. I so appreciate you, your kind words and support. The situation right now is so complicated and unbloggable that I barely know how to keep going every day. sigh. At least sometimes there's trifle in the midst of the crazy.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-76535264352715241222012-05-19T23:39:34.695-04:002012-05-19T23:39:34.695-04:00I finally got time to read over mine again, then p...I finally got time to read over mine again, then posted it on my blog. Cannot believe how late it is! It's about Matthias and what's-his-name, <a href="http://marthaspong.com/2012/05/19/witness-to-the-resurrection/" rel="nofollow">Witness to the Resurrection</a>. <br />My daughter and I had a great evening, but I think I'll be sorry when the alarm goes off. <br />(Not really. Just tired.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-37489481109626955502012-05-19T23:23:49.165-04:002012-05-19T23:23:49.165-04:00Girls are (finally) asleep, done with frantic call...Girls are (finally) asleep, done with frantic call from one of the confirmation students about what he's supposed to be doing tomorrow in the service (how long have we been prepping for this???), and the sermon still hasn't fully come together. But it will, if I just let go of the anxiety and get some sleep. Happy sermonating, everyone!P.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03486979852463051060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55574984347738023822012-05-19T23:20:37.102-04:002012-05-19T23:20:37.102-04:00Read MaineCelt's sermon summary above and reme...Read MaineCelt's sermon summary above and remembered the last piece I will include in mine; it's sort of the look toward Pentecost. It's the good news, the look forward to the promise that comes with the rush of the wind. Even when our attempts to take and/or keep control of everything cut God out of the picture, God can still find a way to blow onto the scene in amazing ways and work wonders with what we offer.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55609456489518848372012-05-19T23:13:47.825-04:002012-05-19T23:13:47.825-04:00Unfortunately birthday is slipping to the bottom o...Unfortunately birthday is slipping to the bottom of the list. Luckily it's her second so she won't notice. Her brother and sister will be righteously indignant on her behalf. Or at least they will be if they don't buy into the story I'm telling them about the trip to the mall being not JUST for a children's ministry event, but also her birthday celebration. The parents raised $350+ at a bake sale a month ago for the kids to spend building bears at Build-a-Bear for the local family emergency shelter for women and children fleeing abusive homes. A ride in the big blue youth bus, a trip to Mall of America, seems birthday enough for the little one who won't even know it's her birthday. It's about all she's going to get unfortunately since we've got worship/Sunday School in the morning, that trip in the afternoon, then I have the once a month, ecumenical service that it is my turn to lead. Oh my.<br /><br />I forgot to actually mention the sermon I'm thinking, but haven't started writing yet. It's on the Acts 1 passage. I was really struck by the conversation we were having on Tuesday about how easy it for us to do what Jesus said we should do at the Ascension - - wait for the Spirit. We just can't handle giving up that kind of control the kind of giving up we have to do in order to follow the Spirit's lead instead of our own. So like the disciples, desperate to know how the next steps of ministry will go, we are quick to set our own parameters, tempted to narrow things down not just to two choices, but two choices that are VERY familiar, two choices that look like like us or what we would like to do, two choices that are extremely similar to who we already are. And then on top of all that we completely remove our God who seeks relationship with us from the final decision - - leaving it to chance by the impersonal method of lots. I will point out that the only other time casting lots is mentioned in the New Testament it is when the Romans are deciding how to divide up Jesus' clothes at the crucifixion. Not a glowing recommendation for that form of decision-making. <br /><br />From there I intend to go a little bit into discernment instead of decision-making (the difference I will focus on is that discernment is based on cultivating and drawing from a deep and abiding relationship with God) before taking the opportunity to introduce to the congregation a mission discernment process we will be undertaking in the summer and early fall as a part of a church transformation opportunity through our presbytery. <br /><br />There's the plan. Not too tough, but it does need to get done.<br /><br />First, though, a shower since it is so humid and I can't stand sleeping feeling sticky. Sleep will come in 2 hours no matter where I am in all of this.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-82306999173100361012012-05-19T23:01:10.214-04:002012-05-19T23:01:10.214-04:00Gord...peace to you. What a difficult day. I do m...Gord...peace to you. What a difficult day. I do my best sermon thinking after supper! :)RevKelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379342044637494081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-23345308801369355392012-05-19T22:59:22.672-04:002012-05-19T22:59:22.672-04:00No way are you slacking off, Teri. Practice self ...No way are you slacking off, Teri. Practice self compassion and put your heart into the meditation that is available. It will shine.RevKelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379342044637494081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-25282974214062643232012-05-19T22:41:54.093-04:002012-05-19T22:41:54.093-04:00I'm done...time to call it a night. but, pleas...I'm done...time to call it a night. but, please keep the party going! and, blessings on your day tomorrow. Thanks for partying with me today.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-30464412963596559502012-05-19T22:40:12.472-04:002012-05-19T22:40:12.472-04:00Oh, stephanie, you also have birthday to celebrate...Oh, stephanie, you also have birthday to celebrate...fun. but, yes getting humid here, too, and no A/c in the church...oh well. I hope the sermon falls into place easy peasy.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81848814618564496982012-05-19T22:36:20.349-04:002012-05-19T22:36:20.349-04:00Yay, Mainecelt - sounds great!Yay, Mainecelt - sounds great!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com