tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post5226105431233931929..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Lectionary Leanings- Light and oil...Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-58383479414813898602011-04-01T09:28:07.668-04:002011-04-01T09:28:07.668-04:00a little late to this party. thanks for the insigh...a little late to this party. thanks for the insights! I'm preaching on the Ephesians passage. It's a baptismal text, calling those early followers of Christ to see their identity springing from their baptism where they are claimed as children of light...it's who they are, and that can't be changed or earned. it's also confirmation Sunday, so I'm going to point to our baptismal identity that can't be earned, but is God's gracious gift ala Will Willimon and Gordon Mikoski...still working on where to land. writing today.suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12328607781829676220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-36827042402747344652011-03-31T19:59:58.230-04:002011-03-31T19:59:58.230-04:00interesting stuff, y'all...you gave me food fo...interesting stuff, y'all...you gave me food for thought. I've been thinking about how gray and cold it has been here this week, and how far away the warmth and light of Easter Sunday feel. How do we fix our vision not on the immediate grayness, but on the distant light? How do we recognize what we see? How do we wake up our "inner eye" as our Hindu and Buddhist brothers and sisters call it, or the eye that sees as the Lord sees it, as we read in Samuel? That warmth and light may not be immediately apparent (just as David's fate was not immediately apparent to Samuel)but somehow we sense the warmth, the presence of God, and we are unfolded into the light.<br /><br />Preliminary thoughts right now. We shall see where they go by Sunday.mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129758906278501568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-51822279848534529542011-03-31T07:43:58.860-04:002011-03-31T07:43:58.860-04:00Songbird I would love a peek at your congregationa...Songbird I would love a peek at your congregational reading of the text. Letter size works for me. My email is templeamma@earthLink.net.<br /><br />I am considering breaking up the reading and mix in verses of Amazing Grace. First part of the reading will be with Children, and may get a "mud mask" facial to use with them. They want to act that part out... of course will put around eyes and not in them...Templeammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280336374114949650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-52532809260237998432011-03-30T21:33:05.363-04:002011-03-30T21:33:05.363-04:00I'm really wrestling with how to approach this...I'm really wrestling with how to approach this one. We're definitely doing a whole-congregation reading of the gospel lesson, as I mentioned in our Monday conversation. I have it formatted both for legal and letter-sized paper, let me know if you would like to have it. It's just the text, but divided out among the characters in the story.<br />After that, and given it's a Communion Sunday, I have to keep it short-ish, which feels hard when there is so much to address.<br />I had a great exchange with folks on Twitter today about my issues with John 9:3, which left me wishing I had taken Greek. Any insights?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59122264887465842202011-03-30T17:19:49.512-04:002011-03-30T17:19:49.512-04:00I have always loved these A-year lessons from John...I have always loved these A-year lessons from John. It's these personal encounters with Jesus that show the incredible grace and love of our Lord. Failing eyesight is a lament I hear often from my elder parishioners. Yet, I have found some of the most faithful witnesses to what is means to "see" Jesus as Lord and have a personal relationship with him to be these same elders. Their spiritual "sight" is so very clear.JMe Lowdenhttp://lowdenblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60058866640295410912011-03-30T07:42:00.005-04:002011-03-30T07:42:00.005-04:00I agree, Gord. All that stuff about whose fault a...I agree, Gord. All that stuff about whose fault and the implication that any illness is caused by sin is hard to preach and hard to ignore. Alas, there is no one else to preach this Sunday so I'll have to figure out something.<br />Today will start sermon prep in earnest (Wed.), a little later than usual but at least it isn't Saturday yet. :-) I'll go with John.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722745745959393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69693565211796628032011-03-29T22:11:57.969-04:002011-03-29T22:11:57.969-04:00Thankfully I am on holidays this week---I am never...Thankfully I am on holidays this week---I am never sure how to preach on teh man born blind. So many potential times for unhelpful theology to pop upGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-53976497701991163882011-03-29T19:50:21.272-04:002011-03-29T19:50:21.272-04:00I have two all-age sermons to do and will go with ...I have two all-age sermons to do and will go with the gospel (somewhat edited, too...41 verses is crazy long!). I think I'm going to start by passing out some different optical illusions and talking about how what we see can change. Those in this gospel certainly get seen in more than one way!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81931661439411968912011-03-29T18:22:54.616-04:002011-03-29T18:22:54.616-04:00I'm playing with Walter Brueggemann's poem...I'm playing with Walter Brueggemann's poem "Marked by Ashes" and exploring the ways God Easter's us through the Lenten days of life.<br /><br />Also intrigued by a book title, "Alleluia is the Song of the Desert". <br /><br />Am seeing Eastering in the Samaritan Woman and Eastering in the man blind from birth.<br /><br />Don't know where I'll go with this.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614773109913237115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-84244311394610366122011-03-29T16:17:24.567-04:002011-03-29T16:17:24.567-04:00Whew! This coming Sunday got 2 blog posts out of ...Whew! This coming Sunday got 2 blog posts out of me. Short and sweet ones, but my fingers got itchy to write a (very) little, so I did. I <a href="http://sherev.blogspot.com/2011/03/ewww-john-thats-gross.html" rel="nofollow">cannot</a> preach on the gospel. That's without debate.<br /><br />So, I think I'm going to look at <a href="http://sherev.blogspot.com/2011/03/cinderella-story.html" rel="nofollow">1 Samuel, basketball, and princesses</a>.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-56662774370932106512011-03-29T13:59:33.585-04:002011-03-29T13:59:33.585-04:00My congregation is going through some transition. ...My congregation is going through some transition. Much of it is due to deaths of 3 elders in the past year and a bit and failing health of others. On the other hand we've welcomed myself (just over 2 years), and nearly 10 new families. All good stuff, but this is a congregation that has been slowly losing members for the past 10 or so years. <br /><br />So, (thanks to Sermon Brainwave), I'm going to do something creative with the Gospel and focus on the attention of the blind man as he gets kicked out of the temple, Jesus' seeming absence and his reappearance. I'm going to connect it in to Psalm 23. Not sure how it will all work out.The Lady Fatherhttp://kiltskjembesandredboots.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-19272672210783567612011-03-29T09:45:11.968-04:002011-03-29T09:45:11.968-04:00No clue yet as to where I am going. I introduced t...No clue yet as to where I am going. I introduced the gospel of John and the story of the woman last week. Do I stay with John now, or bring in Ephesians? Such decisions...Rev Nancy Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396344663987810043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-38600912422372947492011-03-29T09:11:25.638-04:002011-03-29T09:11:25.638-04:00I LOVE these questions.
I'm not preaching thi...I LOVE these questions.<br /><br />I'm not preaching this week, but I am teaching the confirmation class at my home church and the subject is: Why join the church? (Already discussed a little in my blog.)<br /><br />Perhaps to learn to see as God sees?Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88240551684937609532011-03-29T04:41:13.162-04:002011-03-29T04:41:13.162-04:00hmm, being a visual person I have just spotted how...hmm, being a visual person I have just spotted how similar the image I have selected of oil is to last weeks image of water...<br /><br />Off to reflect on that I think.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.com