tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post5165100292143111228..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Tuesday Lectionary Leanings~~Seeing the power of God editionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-48257270944717487062013-06-21T09:07:28.392-04:002013-06-21T09:07:28.392-04:00I am reminded of the quote from Anais Nin: “And th...I am reminded of the quote from Anais Nin: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” I'm pondering this, trying to find ways to talk about this in spiritual, rather than psychological terms.altar egohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564052536173244610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-53630251861335538512013-06-20T16:54:16.602-04:002013-06-20T16:54:16.602-04:00I like this, too, Sharon. Since I haven't fin...I like this, too, Sharon. Since I haven't finalized - it's only Thursday - my direction, I am going to think on this one.<br />On Monday, a group of us clergy were having lunch together in the Richmond airport. One of them has a picture in his office of the pigs rushing off the cliff and one of them is wearing a life jacket. I have been thinking about how we don't always want to let go of all of our sins. Maybe the demonaic only started out with a "small" sin - he tended to take more than his portion at meals - and that opened the door to all sorts of bad behaviors until he was completely taken over by his sins to the point of madness. When he is cleansed, maybe he is hoping he won't have to give up all his sins.<br />Well, it may make a good story but I don't think it is all the illuminating of the text. The picture is a good joke to start things off, though. I have to do something as I've heard my deacon had them rolling in the aisles last Sunday. ;-)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722745745959393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63087497663026639102013-06-19T08:54:44.166-04:002013-06-19T08:54:44.166-04:00I like this!I like this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253555905573656500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-11611975737560969742013-06-18T13:24:37.996-04:002013-06-18T13:24:37.996-04:00We are doing a summer series on "Favorite Th...We are doing a summer series on "Favorite Things." I am still using the lectionary to preach, so this week I had titled the sermon "Favorite Things: Inheritance" I suppose I was inspired by the reference to "heirs" in the Galatians passage. Now I'm not sure. Not at all. <br /><br />Still, it seems like a "be careful what you ask for" (be careful what you say you are looking forward to receiving?) kind of passage. Who wouldn't want the man healed? Yet the healing left them afraid. Who wouldn't want the freedom and equality that Galatians proclaims? Yet, if it really happened, would it actually be more scary than anything? <br /><br />Those are my very rough thoughts on a Tuesday.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664886080822930195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-4980265079555952962013-06-18T11:38:20.370-04:002013-06-18T11:38:20.370-04:00I am doing silence. WE don't have enough sile...I am doing silence. WE don't have enough silence in our world, in our lives, in our worship (yes I am an introvert, why do you ask?). And constant noise and busy-ness comes with a price.<br /><br />My opening thoughts are <a href="http://ministerialmutterings.blogspot.ca/2013/06/looking-forward-to-june-23-2013-5th.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>RevGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-18335441625967646242013-06-18T11:19:13.146-04:002013-06-18T11:19:13.146-04:00Hmmm, thinking about separation, both good and bad...Hmmm, thinking about separation, both good and bad - driving out demons, hiding from God, the impossibility of hiding from God, the "otherness" f the demoniac and the swine...lots of stuff to play with here, but I haven't settled on anything yet.That British phrase "He needs sorting" is floating around in my brain. Difference between sorting and separating, perhaps?mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129758906278501568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-20393422440586439912013-06-18T10:37:52.500-04:002013-06-18T10:37:52.500-04:00Love Walter Wink! Sounds great!
Love Walter Wink! Sounds great!<br />Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686528826414330355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-66860669299236481352013-06-18T09:04:28.069-04:002013-06-18T09:04:28.069-04:00I'm doing the Luke passage, and speaking about...I'm doing the Luke passage, and speaking about how the demons are both inner and outer, (personal sin and systemic sin) using Walter Wink's Unmasking the Powers book. The good news is that Jesus overcomes them all!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253555905573656500noreply@blogger.com