tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post6184126391167763769..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Tuesday Lectionary Leanings -- Snake on a Stick EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-74683817820158685952012-03-17T21:23:06.521-04:002012-03-17T21:23:06.521-04:00Thanks, Teri! Hope you all are doing well.Thanks, Teri! Hope you all are doing well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-26387650132830486362012-03-16T01:37:35.042-04:002012-03-16T01:37:35.042-04:00marci - I have a very few things I feel like I'...marci - I have a very few things I feel like I've really gotten right in sermons and it's hard to preach on them every year - hope it's coming together!<br /><br />I am deep into series on the seven deadly sins - this one LUST. So I'm preaching on John "god loves" and also "came not to condemn..." And then, throwing in Song of songs, just because. This is a difficult topic - sexuality has so many layers for so many people - so I've been working pretty diligently on it already which is unusual for me. I'll be curious to pick up what I now consider a mostly-done manuscript on SAturday night and see what my reaction is :) See you then!Jennifer Garrison Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170014214291920971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-16330808018276073522012-03-14T23:43:38.365-04:002012-03-14T23:43:38.365-04:00Peregrina, my first thought is something like fore...Peregrina, my first thought is something like forest fires (or prairie fires), which renew the soil and plants though they also destroy. A more distressing example may be something like chemotherapy, which often makes you sicker in order to make you better.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-43787450889914736562012-03-14T22:45:55.364-04:002012-03-14T22:45:55.364-04:00I'm finishing up the bulletin still not knowin...I'm finishing up the bulletin still not knowing where I'm going with the sermon --- I try to get that figured out before picking hymns, etc! The reason it's taking so long, I think, is my mental hang-up that (#1) John is my least-favorite gospel and (#2) John 3:16 reminds me of bad experiences at Billy Graham crusades as a child...<br /><br />I do love the snake-on-a-stick passage in illuminating the John text, and I am trying to think of ways that God uses what is death-dealing (e.g., snakes, crosses, death) to give us life. <br /><br />Any examples you can think of?La Peregrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801672904884811424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63271410464337016152012-03-14T01:50:36.100-04:002012-03-14T01:50:36.100-04:00Heather - face your fears, sounds like a great pla...Heather - face your fears, sounds like a great place to go with his reading.<br /><br />this week I am preaching on part of Mark 12 - a possible title at the moment is 'trying to trick Jesus'. I remember hearing sometime you should never ask a question if you don’t know the answer. Here the Pharisees, Sadducees and a scribe all check out Jesus. in the first 2 cases, Jesus manages to not answer the question. In the third case, he does answer, and the scribe continues the answer. I love the direction the Holy week readings are taking us, but I am finding it more difficult being off lectionary.<br />Back to work, it is already late Wednesday afternoon here.a pearl downunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08850537216717300189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-12265904557002397982012-03-13T14:30:49.458-04:002012-03-13T14:30:49.458-04:00Thanks Teri - I appreciate being able to read your...Thanks Teri - I appreciate being able to read your past sermon it clarifies the direction I hope to go in. I also was not familiar with LiturgyLink. Interesting site. Rev. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146082468789918447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1009182121578385382012-03-13T13:27:22.328-04:002012-03-13T13:27:22.328-04:00One of my favorite sermons is on these texts from ...One of my favorite sermons is on these texts from 3 years ago. <br />http://marciglass.com/2009/03/22/snakes-on-a-plain/<br /><br />Which leaves me facing a wall when considering preaching the same texts this week. I don't normally have that reaction. Maybe I'll go with Ephesians...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-61668347261222860562012-03-13T13:20:03.872-04:002012-03-13T13:20:03.872-04:00Heather, that is the approach I took last time I g...Heather, that is the approach I took last time I got the snake passage....my sermon that day is <a href="http://clevertitlehere.blogspot.com/2009/03/daily-bread-again-sermon-for-lent-4b.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Feel free to use it for inspiration or to remind yourself what you don't want to say! :-) <br /><br />There's some great liturgy appearing on <a href="http://www.liturgylink.net" rel="nofollow">LiturgyLink</a>, be sure to check that out. Or if you write some, send it in! <br /><br />This week we have a cantata (the Rutter Requiem) so I'm saved from the strange Lent4B texts, and from the children's sermon too! For what it's worth, I think the epistle is the most interesting lesson this week--and so relevant to what's going on in our culture's "christian" discourse too. the way of life...Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5218236219453666722012-03-13T12:41:50.758-04:002012-03-13T12:41:50.758-04:00I like that line of thought HEather.I like that line of thought HEather.RevGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-17292505714321805692012-03-13T12:18:20.875-04:002012-03-13T12:18:20.875-04:00Hi - I am new to this - only my second post - but...Hi - I am new to this - only my second post - but as I create Sunday's liturgy and wrestle with the passages - what occurred to me is how we called to 'face our fears' (which is what I think the sermon title will be) when we must look in the face that which has poisoned us - the snake on a stick - and we will be healed - how much of our life is about looking at what when we fear in the face then we find healing Rev. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146082468789918447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-77431375452831955352012-03-13T00:11:45.532-04:002012-03-13T00:11:45.532-04:00Always a relief when the scheduled post feature wo...Always a relief when the scheduled post feature works!<br /><br />THis week in my Lenten series I am looking at prayer: why do we pray, how do/can we pray, what difference does it make.<br /><br />And today I realized how BIG a topic that is (worth a series all its own really). My opening thoughts are <a href="http://ministerialmutterings.blogspot.com/2012/03/looking-forward-to-march-18-2012-4th.html" rel="nofollow">here></a>Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.com