tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post639225704032499154..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Tuesday Lectionary Leanings: Many Tongues EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1833184150999028742013-05-16T08:44:56.767-04:002013-05-16T08:44:56.767-04:00I was going to use mini cupcakes during the childr...I was going to use mini cupcakes during the children's sermon.Caranamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423918846767976414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-77997039681310400822013-05-15T13:24:05.288-04:002013-05-15T13:24:05.288-04:00I am going with the Tower of Babel reversed imager...I am going with the Tower of Babel reversed imagery this week. Even though I am not convinced this interpretation is what the author had in mind...RevGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-9657240226890760092013-05-15T13:22:43.315-04:002013-05-15T13:22:43.315-04:00WE will have cake this week. Mind you that is beca...WE will have cake this week. Mind you that is because we have baptisms and awe always have cake on baptism Sundays. We had birthday cake last week.<br />RevGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-40742949926839167642013-05-15T12:22:50.401-04:002013-05-15T12:22:50.401-04:00Thank you all!Thank you all!Kathleen Crightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903629005880081609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-86747933042257599512013-05-15T09:36:39.426-04:002013-05-15T09:36:39.426-04:00We do birthday cake for coffee hour on Pentecost.We do birthday cake for coffee hour on Pentecost.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399916226004495031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-86332258835482756872013-05-15T07:14:30.431-04:002013-05-15T07:14:30.431-04:00cake is never too much. cake is never too much. a pearl downunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08850537216717300189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-18494082523704091472013-05-15T06:31:40.527-04:002013-05-15T06:31:40.527-04:00Well no-one really knows what Greek sounded like a...Well no-one really knows what Greek sounded like at that time, so I figure if you do it with confidence, no-one will contradict you !une precheressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176557283736956394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-25555925621247452342013-05-15T06:18:00.769-04:002013-05-15T06:18:00.769-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.une precheressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176557283736956394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-30309923318679217692013-05-15T06:16:57.044-04:002013-05-15T06:16:57.044-04:00I have this ridiculous desire to take a cake with ...I have this ridiculous desire to take a cake with me on Sunday, so that I can light candles and get the congregation to sing "Happy Birthday" to the church. Trying to decide if it is "too much"! I would do it after the benediction, and get the kids down the front to blow out the candles !<br />une precheressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176557283736956394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-73547323145453917942013-05-14T20:11:34.586-04:002013-05-14T20:11:34.586-04:00It's my last Sunday before a three month sabba...It's my last Sunday before a three month sabbatical (there's a SLIGHT chance I have may have mentioned sabbatical before! so excited!) - and there's a lot of other "stuff" happening in the service. I know the service is already going long, but I'm slung between wanting to say Everything I Ever Wanted to Say, and just reading the <a href="http://www.couragerenewal.org/blog/103/614?utm_source=May+2013+Words+of+EnCOURAGEment+%2323&utm_campaign=May+2013+newsletter&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow"> poem found here. </a> <br /><br />precheresse - bless you, tentmaker! I'll be thinking of you this weekend. Jennifer Garrison Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170014214291920971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-58419893164908352032013-05-14T18:53:28.933-04:002013-05-14T18:53:28.933-04:00Blueletterbible.org has some help but you have to ...Blueletterbible.org has some help but you have to do it word by word.Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59590975657318100692013-05-14T16:23:55.430-04:002013-05-14T16:23:55.430-04:00I'm mulling over the nature of Pentecost/Shavu...I'm mulling over the nature of Pentecost/Shavuot, "the Feast of Weeks:" the remembrance and celebration of God giving the Torah to the Jewish people. Luke Timothy Johnson calls it "a covenant renewal feast." Pentecost, as Christians celebrate it, is also renewal of God's covenant, yes? As well as fulfillment of Jesus' promise. In my (Episcopal) tradition, this is also one of the Sundays each year on which we customarily offer baptism and/or renew baptismal vows. God's covenant with us being renewed, again.Jane Ellen+https://www.blogger.com/profile/07930706962327994732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-50837593472144945812013-05-14T16:13:25.422-04:002013-05-14T16:13:25.422-04:00On YouTube you can find other passages read in Gre...On YouTube you can find other passages read in Greek. I didn't see this one. But you might be able to find enough of the words in the other passages to be helpful. Good luck! Good idea!<br />pastor cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913735855442001280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59989847184535294922013-05-14T15:47:37.050-04:002013-05-14T15:47:37.050-04:00Help, anybody? I want to read just Acts 2:1-6 (not...Help, anybody? I want to read just Acts 2:1-6 (not the whole thing!) in New Testament Greek...but it's been 16 years since I was in Greek school and my attempts to sound out the words are pretty scary. Anyone know if there is an online site where you can listen to someone read this text in Greek so I can be sure I'm pronouncing the words right?Kathleen Crightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903629005880081609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-84252694304593692442013-05-14T12:50:29.778-04:002013-05-14T12:50:29.778-04:00This will be my last worship service at my field p...This will be my last worship service at my field placement. The reading is Romans 8:14-17, but I'm incorporating Acts into the sermon - "Drunk with New Wine."<br /><br />I'm going to continue the theme from the last time I preached - Easter 2 - about the transition from the spirit in Jesus to the spirit in the apostles to the spirit in the church. I'm using the Romans text to emphasize that this is a family business, and we're all part of the family. And we need not be afraid that people think we're acting funny: discipleship is not about appearances. It's about reaching people where they are.Trans Dykes on Bikes for Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03277447902746612136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-39533769632562386692013-05-14T11:27:58.496-04:002013-05-14T11:27:58.496-04:00I am preaching the Acts text in a very liturgical ...I am preaching the Acts text in a very liturgical church this Sunday. I am never quite sure how to approach Pentecost in this context. I am thinking that I will have members of the congregation lead the various parts of the liturgy from where they are sitting in the assembly (the many voices of the church), but beyond that I am not sure where this text is leading. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118872079338388308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69559163224343037262013-05-14T04:17:28.885-04:002013-05-14T04:17:28.885-04:00Gosh, I'm first. Time zone thing I guess. Usin...Gosh, I'm first. Time zone thing I guess. Using this space to "think aloud". We don't systematically use the RCL. The person leading worship is going to go with parts of John that talk about the Counsellor/Advocate. I'm kind of thinking that I want to read Acts 2, then link across to Ephesians 5 where Paul talks about not getting drunk with wine, but being filled with the Spirit. And talk about what that might mean and how we might do that. Planning to use the list of verbs that follow (singing, giving thanks, encouraging and mutual submission) not just as consequences of being spirit filled but as things to pay attention to in order to be spirit filled (if there is a fantastic Greek exegete reading this please tell me if that is unjustifiable text wise, ditto with my decision to read "submitting" as part of the previous list rather than as a new section :-) ) Might get some flack for that from some of our traditionalists - as I will probably end up pointing out that lots less ink - and many fewer tears - would have been shed if we had paid attention to the fact that all are called to mutual submission.<br /><br />Also trying to decide whether to write a manuscript or whether to go with just prompts. (Did that last time I preached and it worked really well, but it was with a more narrative text.)<br /><br />We have also received a call to pray for Christians in Syria. Feels appropriate for Pentecost.<br /><br />phew ! And with that, back to my day job!une precheressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176557283736956394noreply@blogger.com