tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post6199444973915390487..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: The 11th Hour Preacher's Party: Plain and Clear, OK?Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-79485577517279527172010-04-25T08:31:32.955-04:002010-04-25T08:31:32.955-04:00Good Morning! It's rainy here and I could have...Good Morning! It's rainy here and I could have slept a long time but I'm up and the coffee is brewing. Have a good day everyone!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-54451221345587128892010-04-25T05:25:11.129-04:002010-04-25T05:25:11.129-04:00Okay, I think I'm finally finished. I'll ...Okay, I think I'm finally finished. I'll just leave the lights on and start the coffee for the early birds.<br /><br />Blessings on all pondering, preaching and proclamation today (even if it's already happened!).semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-38965249089867042442010-04-25T04:36:45.159-04:002010-04-25T04:36:45.159-04:00Ugh. I just fell asleep for several hours and now...Ugh. I just fell asleep for several hours and now need to finish up. It's so close, I have enough words, I've said what I want to say...I just need to find an appropriate ending.<br /><br />Looks like we'll just leave the lights on!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-12337447879728684892010-04-25T03:42:58.811-04:002010-04-25T03:42:58.811-04:00Oops. I don't think I've ever been this la...Oops. I don't think I've ever been this late to the party. I spent 10 hours at Dulles airport on Wednesday and made a good start on the sermon but, somehow just couldn't get back to it when I finally got home. And jet lag has meant every time I sit down, I fall asleep. Finally it's <a href="http://somethingtostandon.blogspot.com/2010/04/living-in-hope.html" rel="nofollow">done</a><br />Happy preaching everyone.<br />And BE3ers, hope you get your landlegs back soon but keep the glow from the retreat!liz crumlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261486774607168533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-4457441156769072092010-04-25T01:31:53.059-04:002010-04-25T01:31:53.059-04:00Thank you all for your prayers. The drama went wel...Thank you all for your prayers. The drama went well this morning, the reader changed some words, so it was not so confronting to speak. <br /><br />then to the other congregation, and there seemed something, maybe the HS has been busy. Some still want no change, but as one person mentioned, a few new faces helps us be more positive about the future. a few in this place is 10%. and if there might be a future, we need to think of what that might be!<br />God bless you all as you preach and lead in various ways , and especially Pink Dragon as you preach at your partners ordination. <br /><br />see you all next week, I'm off for 24 hours away with my husband.PRLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-13099578529371067932010-04-25T00:35:46.900-04:002010-04-25T00:35:46.900-04:00Calling it a night, Semfem! Trusting the HS to mak...Calling it a night, Semfem! Trusting the HS to make this one stick on delivery. Sorry to leave you to turn the lights out...Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954624983241625410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-52012407060875069602010-04-25T00:22:14.847-04:002010-04-25T00:22:14.847-04:00Mir, good to have you here! Hang in there, you ca...Mir, good to have you here! Hang in there, you can do it!<br /><br />I took a quick Facebook break...now back to work.semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-80374362333660701352010-04-25T00:10:46.922-04:002010-04-25T00:10:46.922-04:00semfem, I'm still out there but barely. trying...semfem, I'm still out there but barely. trying to wrap it up and struggling. praying you're making good progress!Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954624983241625410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88609768907991371412010-04-25T00:07:48.559-04:002010-04-25T00:07:48.559-04:00692 words...trucking right along...
Perchance, an...692 words...trucking right along...<br /><br />Perchance, anyone else out there?semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-50558670764291290542010-04-24T23:11:12.422-04:002010-04-24T23:11:12.422-04:00Well, since Teri finished, and She-Rev, Vicar, and...Well, since Teri finished, and She-Rev, Vicar, and 1-4 Grace are not preaching tomorrow, I may be the only regular member of the late shift tonight...so I'll get the lights, Mompriest.<br /><br />I do have an introduction written, so that's 315 words...more to go...semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-9209091623462720512010-04-24T22:53:10.998-04:002010-04-24T22:53:10.998-04:00Well friends, it's been a blast hosting the pa...Well friends, it's been a blast hosting the party - the sermons I've read have all been very different but ALL wonderful. Preach the Word, Break Open that Word, and let the Spirit resonant around.<br /><br />Me. I'm calling it a day, last one up get the lights, 'K?Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-7121124528800454042010-04-24T22:18:48.102-04:002010-04-24T22:18:48.102-04:00okay, i wrote something. It's not inspiring, o...okay, i wrote <a href="http://clevertitlehere.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">something</a>. It's not inspiring, or even particularly good, but it will do. And today that will have to be enough.<br />feedback welcome--I still have 11 hours to make edits! :-)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-44967967238982109642010-04-24T21:27:30.057-04:002010-04-24T21:27:30.057-04:00uhm...no espressso martini's here, but I do ha...uhm...no espressso martini's here, but I do have herbal tea and chocolate drop shortbread cookies....and I've enjoyed reading the sermons offered here. Can't wait until I get to preach again on a regular basis....sighTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-50998147465411469212010-04-24T21:25:14.577-04:002010-04-24T21:25:14.577-04:00Tomorrow we have (belated) girl scout Sunday, and ...Tomorrow we have (belated) girl scout Sunday, and I'm drawn to Tabitha/Dorcas. I want to talk about the girl scout law and promise--how these values inspire action, not dogma. And Tabitha, her concrete expressions of love were embodied, literally, worn on the bodies of the least of these--and when death came for her, the community could not let her go. Her life not glamorous or exceptional--she didn't do anything anyone couldn't have done--but very few of us do what we can do, every day, in and out. So, Tabitha experiences resurrection...not an early church theologian, but this woman disciple, who really had already been living in the Kingdom. And I'd like to draw a connection between Tabitha, the scouts and the rest of us--that really we believers are all called to be scouts--running ahead/leading the way to the Kingdom, bravely walking in unexplored territory. something this way...thoughts?<br />And I'd also like to add a little aside about Peter showing up and not preaching a memorial--but through the power of God raising her up. Not accepting that death was the only option and asking us to put a brave face on and find comfort in what death leaves us, but transforming it. And challenging all of us that while we may not (may not) have the power to resurrect the dead, we certainly do have the power to bring life out of death--whether that's by working to end hunger, provide health care, work for peace...etc. That supernatural miracles are not God's only options for raising someone up--like Tabitha we can use the gifts we have to help usher in the Kingdom, and like Tabitha we too may become occasions of grace.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-3206918529889983402010-04-24T20:53:51.827-04:002010-04-24T20:53:51.827-04:00Expresso martinis for everyone!
And now I kinda w...Expresso martinis for everyone!<br /><br />And now I kinda wish I was preaching, Songbird. Great way in.<br /><br />Wait, no, I don't wish I was preaching. :) But I will store that thought away for later!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124642401681468576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-12989697874272368962010-04-24T20:47:47.031-04:002010-04-24T20:47:47.031-04:00ooh, Songbird...Uncle! excellent suggestion. Plus...ooh, Songbird...Uncle! excellent suggestion. Plus he was hilarious, so that should help, right????Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57029095628820199062010-04-24T20:47:20.042-04:002010-04-24T20:47:20.042-04:00Finally finished. Going to let it sit for a bit be...Finally finished. Going to let it sit for a bit before I reread and print. <br /><br />And I managed to avoid the whole "good shepherd" thing on Good Shepherd Sunday by focusing knowing Jesus by what he did and the world knowing Jesus by what <b><i>we do</i></b>. There is a subtle (I hope) message in there about some 'bad' behavior I've witnessed in a few members of the congregation lately, too. <br /><br />It is sooo much harder for me to write when I don't get to start until sometime in the afternoon. I really need to work on changing my writing habits so busy Saturdays don't get me this way. <br /><br />Hoping to hear more about BE3; it sounds like you had a great time.Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607665272056430039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-75779350926114746342010-04-24T20:39:05.405-04:002010-04-24T20:39:05.405-04:00Teri, I would go for it. At least start writing it...Teri, I would go for it. At least start writing it that way, and see where it leads you. Can't you tie in Uncle driving you to Bonefish with our need for a shepherd?<br />(Great advice from someone who has the day off tomorrow, right?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-11301060855433241872010-04-24T20:25:39.411-04:002010-04-24T20:25:39.411-04:00I really really really need a way in. Can I just ...I really really really need a way in. Can I just start by talking about being on a cruise and hope that gets me to sheep and internally displaced people?<br /><br />what's that you say, that doesn't sound like it'll make any sense? well....making sense is so overrated...Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-53787758569855137342010-04-24T20:24:28.456-04:002010-04-24T20:24:28.456-04:00Wow, I doubted that the Tabitha story could be eno...Wow, I doubted that the Tabitha story could be enough for a whole sermon, and Nancy has clearly just proven me wrong. Bravo! Excellent sermon.semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63102264489989462322010-04-24T20:17:45.822-04:002010-04-24T20:17:45.822-04:00I'm off to shower and probably to bed early. S...I'm off to shower and probably to bed early. Sorry to leave behind the party tonight. <a href="http://nbftrek.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/the-fabric-of-our-lives/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> the full version of the sermon if it will help move anyone else along tonight you are free to take anything that you may find helpful. (No promises that there's anything worth taking there.)<br />Catch y'all in the morning.<br />(Sorry that was my delete b/c I linked it wrong.)Rev Nancy Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396344663987810043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5103448771045090732010-04-24T20:15:36.908-04:002010-04-24T20:15:36.908-04:00Eileen, of course you may use it.Eileen, of course you may use it.Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1433773267015826762010-04-24T20:15:36.909-04:002010-04-24T20:15:36.909-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev Nancy Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396344663987810043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-43826279057434501182010-04-24T20:14:14.644-04:002010-04-24T20:14:14.644-04:00I, too, took a nap and woke up feeling uninspired....I, too, took a nap and woke up feeling uninspired...and cold. You would think the front went through while I was asleep, but apparently not. So bundled up in fleece and nibbling on artichoke bruschetta (help yourself, it's delicious!), I am back to work.<br /><br />I guess I'm worried that Peter and Tabitha won't be ENOUGH for a sermon and everyone will leave feeling disappointed I didn't preach on sheep. But I had really hoped to make this a whole series on Acts. I guess the answer to just to start and see how it goes, if I need to work something else in there.<br /><br />I hear all you BE3ers about the motion of the ocean...I distinctly remember that being an issue after my one and only cruise! (I also got both sick and seasick on mine, so I hope yours went much, much better. Sounds like it did.)semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-22126307248045150282010-04-24T19:54:45.113-04:002010-04-24T19:54:45.113-04:00Thanks, Mompriest! Yes, our coffee hours usually r...Thanks, Mompriest! Yes, our coffee hours usually range between a light brunch and an all out meal after all 3 of our services. Unique...and delicious :-)Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.com