tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post5309277408701050702..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: New Year's Day EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-37252032369923255622011-01-02T01:42:57.392-05:002011-01-02T01:42:57.392-05:00Well, I avoided the games, but I also overshot my ...Well, I avoided the games, but I also overshot my hoped for word count by 200 words. I don't think it'll be too long, though, especially since I moved and squished some other things in the design of the service. I'm calling it done and will read through again in the morning to see if there's any way to tighten it up a little. For the most part, though, I get an almost full night's sleep.<br /><br />If there are any still up, blessings on you!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-38998672890809586262011-01-02T01:02:36.529-05:002011-01-02T01:02:36.529-05:00Okay, that's it; I am declaring myself done. I...Okay, that's it; I am declaring myself done. I desperately need the sleep so that my cold doesn't overtake me before this gets preached in the morning!<br /><br />Good thing I don't have Angry Birds or I know I would be in way more trouble than I am ;-) Good luck not letting them suck you in, and blessings on the coming together of your words and ideas.<br /><br />Good night!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-29755824848292753652011-01-02T01:00:50.912-05:002011-01-02T01:00:50.912-05:00Everything is printed and I am headed for the elec...Everything is printed and I am headed for the electric blanket warmed bed. I hope the coughing doesn't force me to the recliner.<br /><br />Blessings on your SundayThe Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33735262367871011472011-01-02T00:46:31.116-05:002011-01-02T00:46:31.116-05:00Angry Birds is a killer!
But then again various f...Angry Birds is a killer!<br /><br />But then again various forms of solitaire are too. And there's the android version of scrabble, WordFeud. and ... um, nevermindThe Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-22967104079300356462011-01-02T00:37:35.334-05:002011-01-02T00:37:35.334-05:00Stupid Angry Birds. I've been sucked in. Now...Stupid Angry Birds. I've been sucked in. Now that you've mentioned mah jong, though, it's going to take everything I have to keep from clicking over to that one. I found my bridge between Scripture, sacrament, and theme, then instead of keeping on the roll and just finishing I started playing games. If I can stay away from them, I can be done by midnight. Here she goes!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-72192205731059624992011-01-02T00:31:12.888-05:002011-01-02T00:31:12.888-05:00Almost done, despite the lure of solitaire and mah...Almost done, despite the lure of solitaire and mah jong. What games are distracting you, She Rev?<br /><br />Actually, I think I am done, because I want it to be short, but it feels a few sentences too short even though all that needs to be said is there. I have to remind myself that no one in the Episcopal Church ever complains about a sermon being too short, especially on a Sunday that also includes the baptism of an infant!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-86800898470498669712011-01-02T00:00:05.791-05:002011-01-02T00:00:05.791-05:00I'm not really sure exactly how it happened bu...I'm not really sure exactly how it happened but I now have 1 coherent and preachable sermon. It's a little long for a communion Sunday with chalk blessing too but the NFL team that drives the clock around here kicks off at 3:00 not noon.<br /><br />I'm going to finish watching the football game currently being played before I change computers to do the prayers and print everything.The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-43984674865017536092011-01-01T23:56:37.781-05:002011-01-01T23:56:37.781-05:00Can't stop playing games...Can't stop playing games...Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-91984340512429484652011-01-01T23:22:12.988-05:002011-01-01T23:22:12.988-05:00Betsy, I'll be honest, I never even looked at ...Betsy, I'll be honest, I never even looked at it, but I know my volunteer doing children's time is usng it. I should look at it! :). Thanks for the tip.<br /><br />Glad we'll have company at least, Vicar.<br /><br />Ramona, I'll be around to read shortly. I'm glad you're done and that you're blogging!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-26593796188200659492011-01-01T22:50:53.662-05:002011-01-01T22:50:53.662-05:00I'm pretty sure I have 3 really decent homilie...I'm pretty sure I have 3 really decent homilies instead of 1 good sermon. I guess that means I'll be partying for awhile. I know that surprises you.The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-47541716242133219792011-01-01T22:44:49.210-05:002011-01-01T22:44:49.210-05:00Done, done, done! Hallelujah and thanks for the g...Done, done, done! Hallelujah and thanks for the good company, friends. Good night!Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33773463687558496752011-01-01T22:34:17.261-05:002011-01-01T22:34:17.261-05:00SheRev, are you using the RCL Ephesians reading fo...SheRev, are you using the RCL Ephesians reading for tomorrow? It is fabulous as a prayer and blessing for a baptism, and fairly easily expanded along the lines you are already thinking.<br /><br />My verification word is holeyso...may it be so for us as well!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-31784540674955122142011-01-01T22:09:54.267-05:002011-01-01T22:09:54.267-05:00Finished and printed and blogged! I am so excited...Finished and printed and blogged! I am so excited to start my first blog.<br /><br />The sermon can be read here:<br />http://ramblingsjesusfreak.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Blessings on everyone still in process. Come Holy Spirit, come.ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034492637745064803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-46338420953610500752011-01-01T22:06:37.770-05:002011-01-01T22:06:37.770-05:00Thanks, Laura. Blessings on you tonight and tomorr...Thanks, Laura. Blessings on you tonight and tomorrow!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-17593978003044510432011-01-01T21:58:47.837-05:002011-01-01T21:58:47.837-05:00Oh, She Rev, that baptismal custom -- and letter -...Oh, She Rev, that baptismal custom -- and letter -- sound wonderful! Hope the words flow quickly and easily.<br /><br />Movie's done, kids tucked, and I am going to put the finishing touches on this liturgy, email the music minister, and sign off--hopefully very soon. Lindt dark peppermint truffles for energy and consolation, folks.Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81629897915508399222011-01-01T21:17:59.001-05:002011-01-01T21:17:59.001-05:00OK Betsy and Vicar (and the other still writing), ...OK Betsy and Vicar (and the other still writing), we can do it. <br /><br />Thanks for filling us in, Singing Owl. All this means is that prayer continues and that never hurts anything!<br /><br />I've got the kids all asleep, so I'm ready to sit down and write. First, though, I'm trying print out the baptism scrapbook-type page we make for each baby baptized. We used to do this 1970s felt banner things, but in the last year we caught up to the new millenium. One of the deacons makes a scrapbook page with the baptism date, a picture, and a prayer. It's cute. We frame it and hang it on the front of the font then the family takes it home. However, I forgot that that deacon resigned and don't know that anyone has taken that job on. Thank God for the internet, though! I contacted my mom 2000 miles away and she made one for this baby (I'm not visually creative at all), and I'm printing here at home. Good stuff.<br /><br />So, on to my sermon. It's not a usual sermon, though. With a baptism and communion I need to keep things on the very short side. I'm going to write a letter to the baby being baptized and read that. I'm not totally sure where it's going to go yet, but I'm thinking something about how in meeting Jesus the wise men worshiped and were changed. "They went home by another way." In baptism the same happens for this child, the same happens for all of us in our participation in the body of Christ, our commitment to follow. I preached this idea 3 years ago I think, so I'm not so sure I'm excited about it, but I'm not feeling anything else right now. My other thought goes with the painting that is hanging in our sanctuary, an original for the season of Christmas by an artist in our congregation. It speaks of a new day, new hope, new possibilities. I did new day last week; I'm doing new possibilities next week. I could do new hope this week. I like that with the baptism in particular, and I think I could make it work with the wise men, too - - the hope they had that drew them miles away from home in search of a king. The hope they had for a new world order that caused them to avoid Herod on their way home. The hope we have for the world because of Jesus who is born in our lives. I might give it a shot. I only have time for 700-800 words which is way less than half of what I usually do. Sometimes, though, shorter is harder because I have to pick the right words, and less of them!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-82865886159740168782011-01-01T21:13:29.287-05:002011-01-01T21:13:29.287-05:00Well, SO, at least you know now where things stand...Well, SO, at least you know now where things stand...and you had what I trust was a nice afternoon with friends! Prayers for you as the discernment continues on their part and yours.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-4247684805795621732011-01-01T21:12:07.553-05:002011-01-01T21:12:07.553-05:00Prayers for all still working on those sermons. A...Prayers for all still working on those sermons. As for the visit...well, y'all...it was just a friendly visit. However, I did discover that one person has withdrawn, so it is now five. And that their next meeting is on January 10th. But that's all. Sigh. Thanks so much for prayers.Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-9096109935777680202011-01-01T20:49:10.674-05:002011-01-01T20:49:10.674-05:00Well the football game I cared about is finished &...Well the football game I cared about is finished & the team I was cheering for won. Meanwhile, back at the laptop, I have lots of disjointed notes. Now for shape and focus ...The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-85581498455278123112011-01-01T20:45:14.568-05:002011-01-01T20:45:14.568-05:00Welcome, Kara...and sending you restful vibes!
I&...Welcome, Kara...and sending you restful vibes!<br /><br />I've gotten further on the sermon, but I have to solve a problem about how to adapt it for the early service. At the end (which is almost done, despite my not having a complete middle to precede it!), I have an excellent charge to the baptizand's two big sisters--and, by association, to the congregation--and now I need to figure out how to word a transition to it for the service they aren't at. It's probably not all that hard; my brain just isn't in gear!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-79040164216793129222011-01-01T20:42:22.060-05:002011-01-01T20:42:22.060-05:00Welcome, Kara! Good to have you with us. I think y...Welcome, Kara! Good to have you with us. I think you'll like the company around here on your writing nights! Sorry about your middle of the night hospital trip. Glad she's OKStephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-17934646005789534332011-01-01T20:30:47.828-05:002011-01-01T20:30:47.828-05:00Hi all, first time in this party, but I imagine I&...Hi all, first time in this party, but I imagine I'll be here often because it's my best writing time for some frustrating reason...<br />Preaching tomorrow, but going with Anna & Simeon so we can draw out Christmas more. We had a "Christmas Sabbath" weekend and didn't have worship last weekend (after Christmas eve), so this is our first chance to linger in it a bit. By some delicious serendipity I found and retooled a sermon yesterday that I had already done on the text, which turned out to be a real gift, since insomnia kept me up until 2 am and a sick kid got me up at 4:30, scraping ice from my car so I could take her to the E.R. early this morning... she's fine, but I am beat. Looking forward to singing carols and sharing communion on a low-key Sunday tomorrow...<br />Blessings on you all and the worship happening in all these congregations.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713368037563187882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-71811552771857444262011-01-01T20:19:21.317-05:002011-01-01T20:19:21.317-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713368037563187882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-86198704803869094502011-01-01T19:59:24.865-05:002011-01-01T19:59:24.865-05:00Been trying to relax and enjoy today and finish up...Been trying to relax and enjoy today and finish up the sermon. <br /><br /><a href="http://purpletologicallyspeaking.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Epiphany 101...Becoming a Mystic</a>.<br /><br />Fighting ears being stopped up all week and accumlating sinus pressure.<br /><br />oh...and scooping snow! <br /><br />Blessings to all of you preaching, leading, or vacationing.Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-48973229486940056272011-01-01T19:41:22.579-05:002011-01-01T19:41:22.579-05:00Prayers for you, earth chick, even if you don'...Prayers for you, earth chick, even if you don't see these messages again before tomorrow. God will hear them!<br /><br />Teri, I did a message at a nursing home this week about resolutions. The general gist being that maybe since they come during Christmas and Jesus w a gift for the whole world our resolutions should be about more than just ourselves, but ways to be a blessing for the world. I MIGHT work for children somehow, too.<br /><br />I feel your pain with the sleep, Joy. My little one love straight avocado, haven't tried guacamole, but you never know what new food will start something, do you?<br /><br />Oh the chalk blessing, Vicar! I forgot all about it. I've never done it before, but was going to do it this year. I guess I still can next week. It'll be a little late, but it would be a waste to do it this week for the kids since many of our families still out of town.<br /><br />Prayers Singing Owl!<br /><br />Prayers for you, Amy. It can be hard to muster up some enthusiasm when you're not feeling the vibe.<br /><br />So it sounds like a number of folks are finishing up. I hope to join those ranks on the early side tonight. The kids will be in bed shortly and I'll get on the sermon I started earlier in the week.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.com