tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post6584539195763261252..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: "Mother, May I" EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-2129102823718728182007-05-14T08:33:00.000-04:002007-05-14T08:33:00.000-04:00Songbird, I am glad I came back to read this. Good...Songbird, I am glad I came back to read this. Good idea. I will use it next time as well. I encourage people to take them to someone they thought of as mothering them. Like your prayer idea too.<BR/><BR/>For the children's moment, I did it on the Nothing but Nets campaign. I made a diorama using my kids Barbie Dolls and babies, and one Indian doll. I talked about how Mothers all over the world care for their children and babies, but that in Africa especially they are losing their children to malaria. Showed them a picture of the mosquito. Then put a net over the diorama and explained how we could save those children's lives with the bed nets. I know, I was shamelessly inducing guilt. I hope it works. Then we prayed for all the moms of the world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654861033242845082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-42626340401308299672007-05-13T20:59:00.000-04:002007-05-13T20:59:00.000-04:00Songbird, I love your idea and will use it when I ...Songbird, I love your idea and will use it when I am in "my own" parish again. It sounds like it was a beautiful and healing day.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-62996980853231794022007-05-13T19:06:00.000-04:002007-05-13T19:06:00.000-04:00The most beautiful part of our service had to be d...The most beautiful part of our service had to be during the prayer time. I invited people to speak the name of someone who had shown them God's mothering love. Their voices, some distinct and others murmured, overlapped in such beauty that when it was time to move on, I could hardly speak myself. <BR/>We ended up with a bountiful number of carnations to hand out, and at the Benediction, I asked the congregation to use the term "mother" very loosely when deciding to take one. I saw all sorts of people leaving with a smile and a flower.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-54670700898323030162007-05-13T18:12:00.000-04:002007-05-13T18:12:00.000-04:00I have posted my sermon here: http://adventuresofe...I have posted my sermon here: http://adventuresofelastigirl.blogspot.com/<BR/>It went well - thank you all for your words of wisdom - I am blessed to have found you all - if you read the post after teh sermon you will see that the day did not go as planned, but I think it was ultimately better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69677634031217986662007-05-13T09:47:00.000-04:002007-05-13T09:47:00.000-04:00read how it was done in one church in Finland toda...read how it was done in one church in Finland today<BR/><BR/>http://stf.heavenlytrain.com<BR/><BR/>such affirmation for all women!<BR/><BR/>Praise God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-22146642317774003852007-05-13T09:20:00.000-04:002007-05-13T09:20:00.000-04:00Sunday morning, the sermon is finished - still 2 h...Sunday morning, the sermon is finished - still 2 hours before I have to get to the church. I've posted it <A HREF="http://www.revmaria.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/>Blessings on all who speak and listen today.Maria Tafoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920977030140327974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-25707075679439816042007-05-13T08:42:00.000-04:002007-05-13T08:42:00.000-04:00thanks WS--I can use the thoughts/prayers today.ha...thanks WS--I can use the thoughts/prayers today.<BR/><BR/>happy sunday to all!! and many prayers for holy sunday naps later....especially for those of you who were up late!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-12005585749260205002007-05-13T07:40:00.000-04:002007-05-13T07:40:00.000-04:00Elastigirl: Many many prayers! How important it wi...Elastigirl: Many many prayers! How important it will be for them to hear your voice. Can you post your sermon for us?<BR/><BR/>Songbird: You are so right about God the Mother not being present in the traditional stuff, as well as the restriction of women by the sentimental rhetoric. Hope I didn't sound naive or that I thought that stuff was part of the traditional Protestant observance. I just figure it's an opportunity to subvert that stuff carefully and lovingly and creatively and that that might do more to take it on all that problematic stuff in the end than avoiding the topic.... <BR/><BR/>Mompriest--so good to hear about your consistent inclusivizing, which can be hard for those of us in liturgical denominations with lots of prescribed prayers. Oh how I love EOW and NZPB and I can't wait to snag the St. Helena Breviary...And your reflections on how we as female priests/Mothers embody that image for people.<BR/><BR/>I am so sorry to hear about the feedback at that one place. Yikes! I figure one ideal way to combine the God as mother and ambivalence of our own being/having imperfect mothers, infertility/bereavement, etc. is to gently point out the positives and negatives of human mothering and being mothered and that the fullest most consoling healing nurturing love comes from the one perfect Mother. And as a mother of a dead child (the week of Mother's Day, in fact) I always appreciated feeling and naming and hearing the grief and my ongoing motherhood named rather than avoidance....But if you can't name the realities you can't go anywhere with that. What a bozo, and how good you're the rector now and will someday have a curate to mentor :-).<BR/><BR/>I may end up talking a little bit about the Spirit as Mother after all this morning, and probably using one of those lovely eucharistic prayers from Enriching our Worship. I had two friends coming for mass last night but one didn't make it back on campus in time so we're doing it this morning. And it's both Mother's Day itself and she is more feminist than the other. They're both progressive, prayerful RCs but last night's was an art historian rather than a theologian like this morning's, and more into women priests than inclusive language and images. In fact I think the fact that I did the mass absolutely by the book made it especially meaningful and real for her as someone who loves the liturgy and her community and is also very aware of how truly traditional this is because of historical study about ordained women in the early church. She said after "It felt just like any other mass, except your voice is higher." <BR/>:-).Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-14827741558559580072007-05-13T07:33:00.000-04:002007-05-13T07:33:00.000-04:00Yeah - my sermon was still preachable even in the ...Yeah - my sermon was still preachable even in the morning light!<BR/><BR/>May everyone have a blessed morning, Teri you will be on my heart today.will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-83466488954671129482007-05-13T06:59:00.000-04:002007-05-13T06:59:00.000-04:00Thanks, semfem! Wow, it's morning here. I stayed u...Thanks, semfem! Wow, it's morning here. I stayed up a good bit later than usual, and I suspect a strong cup of coffee will be in my immediate future. <BR/>Bless you all as you preach today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-34708300362240608412007-05-13T03:29:00.000-04:002007-05-13T03:29:00.000-04:00Ugh. I'm finally finished. Hope everyone else ou...Ugh. I'm finally finished. Hope everyone else out there is finished, too.<BR/><BR/>Blessings on everyone's proclamation and worship today and tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-28430826321649316582007-05-13T00:40:00.000-04:002007-05-13T00:40:00.000-04:00Oh, and I've got a pot of raspberry Earl Grey and ...Oh, and I've got a pot of raspberry Earl Grey and some chocolate for the late-night bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-83824731830949057922007-05-13T00:39:00.000-04:002007-05-13T00:39:00.000-04:00I'm here and can get the lights. Or Krista Beth w...I'm here and can get the lights. Or Krista Beth will. Or someone else. But we're/I'm burning the midnight oil, no worries.<BR/><BR/>Songbird, how sweet of you to wait up.<BR/><BR/>Congrats all who are done and now sleeping (or those in other time zones who are about to get up).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-74579020954457283162007-05-13T00:19:00.000-04:002007-05-13T00:19:00.000-04:00Diane and Teri, sounds good!I'm up later than usua...Diane and Teri, sounds good!<BR/>I'm up later than usual, as my husband is expected any minute after working out of town for the past 12 weeks. I'm going to log off and wait for him.<BR/>Last one here get the lights?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-36175563731825748832007-05-13T00:16:00.000-04:002007-05-13T00:16:00.000-04:00I finally have a Children's Time plan, so it's off...I finally have a Children's Time plan, so it's off to bed for me...happy sleeping/happy Sunday, all!<BR/><BR/>(the plan, in a nutshell: "have you ever been really sick? Who took care of you? Today we're going to hear a story about a man who was very sick for a long time, but no one was willing to take care of him because they were too busy taking care of themselves. But Jesus came and healed the man, because he loved him. Jesus also loves you and takes care of you." the end. or something.)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-87305203868093546242007-05-12T23:42:00.000-04:002007-05-12T23:42:00.000-04:00I'm done. I'm not thinking about it any more! My...I'm done. I'm not thinking about it any more! My sermon is more about Lydia and baptism and the wide wide family of God (not the exclusive family in-group), but at the end I talk about mother's day a little. The title is Children of God everywhere... and in Christ no one is childless and no one is an orphan, for there are children of God everywhere, just waiting to be recognized and embraced and welcomed.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-31578587808300745992007-05-12T23:23:00.000-04:002007-05-12T23:23:00.000-04:00AND elastigirl, you never know who will be hearing...AND elastigirl, you never know who will be hearing that needs to be told it is okay to feel the way they are feeling.<BR/><BR/>I deem my sermon "good enough" - g'night.will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-42253822612691735472007-05-12T23:08:00.000-04:002007-05-12T23:08:00.000-04:00elastigirl, my first Mothers Day as ordained I ser...elastigirl, my first Mothers Day as ordained I served as Curate in a church that was very male. Even my female colleague was male in her essence. No inclusive language. I preached a sermon that day that spoke about good mothers and not so good mothers. Later I was "scolded" for bringing up the idea of not good mothers on Mothers Day. My response, "Not everyone has a good experience with mothers..." yeesh. Here was this highly respected priest who in many ways was really clueless. I paid a heavy price there. But also, I learned a lot about trusting myself and my voice.<BR/><BR/>So. I hope you have a good experience tomorrow. But even if your colleagues do not get it, trust yourself and stand strong! Some day you will get to use your voice in a rich, full, and complete way. And these experiences will be your guide.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-49108573301819263822007-05-12T22:59:00.000-04:002007-05-12T22:59:00.000-04:00I'm back from a loooong day away. I haven't even l...I'm back from a loooong day away. I haven't even looked at the sermon that I think is done. It's on excerpts from Song of Solomon and contains a reference to Jesus as our lover.<BR/><BR/>Should be a fun Sunday!will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-38054453788288818732007-05-12T22:49:00.000-04:002007-05-12T22:49:00.000-04:00mompriest - thanks for the thoughts - that may als...mompriest - thanks for the thoughts - that may also be part of the dilemma for me - I am the only female around the altar on any given Sunday in a parish and diocese that does not use inclusive language - so all of this feels risky and dangerous in some way - I could just be the good girl and preach the sermon I am supposed to about being a good mom and all that entails - but I am preaching on the John 14 gospel, bringing it around to the fact that in John, Jesus is building a new family, promising us that we will not be left as orphans (this is straight out of the Women's Bile Commentary) - and then just a very few words about Mother's Day and ending with Serena's prayer (thank you!!) -<BR/><BR/>You all inspire me with your confidence - I don't feel quite so alone and isolated as a female - and I know MB will be praying for me as I preach tomorrow -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5386481143953122822007-05-12T22:30:00.000-04:002007-05-12T22:30:00.000-04:00Just popping back in to see what you folks are up ...Just popping back in to see what you folks are up to. Great discussions you've been having about Mother's Day. Blessings on all of you - whether you are preaching, leading, listening, or staying home.earthchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447310443886956100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-42981615720367510102007-05-12T22:01:00.000-04:002007-05-12T22:01:00.000-04:00Anybody for ice cream? I have some WW's ice cream....Anybody for ice cream? I have some WW's ice cream. My kids love it, can you believe it? Zach's team won their game, and sadly the girl's did not. But they are playing better. It is hot as hades here, and promises to be more so tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>I with you all in the struggle of women, mothers, motherless women, etc. Its difficult. Hang in there you late nighters.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654861033242845082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63483542613564980262007-05-12T21:52:00.000-04:002007-05-12T21:52:00.000-04:00watching kill bill with my husband while reworking...watching kill bill with my husband while reworking my "do you want to be made well?" sermon from lent-focused to discipleship-focused...it's been one of those weeks. and youth sunday next sunday...oy. as always, plenty of diet dr. pepper to go around!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-332434810112513192007-05-12T21:35:00.000-04:002007-05-12T21:35:00.000-04:00Those who will be up late--consider me your compan...Those who will be up late--consider me your companion tonight. I just finished an outline (albeit a very full outline, but not a finished draft).<BR/><BR/>Man! I have a lot to say, but need to be careful to not ramble on about prayer in general. My two basic points from the Lydia story (thanks to Esperanza and the Interpretation commentary) are:<BR/>1. Prayer surprises us.<BR/>2. Prayer connects us.<BR/><BR/>Kind of glad I'm not going to tackle the Mother's Day thing this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-1290347547797429962007-05-12T21:24:00.000-04:002007-05-12T21:24:00.000-04:00Sharing for the first time . . . just discovered t...Sharing for the first time . . . just discovered this wonderful blog. Thanks for the Mother's Day discussion—have mixed feelings myself as I love being a mom (and now a new grandma—yipes, I'm not old enough to be a grandma!) but have always seen Mother's Day as totally secular.<BR/><BR/>We are giving away roses—pink and yellow, NOT red and white—to all the women. Just decided to put them all in a big vase on the altar as a tribute to all who "mother" us. I'll carry it out after church so that women can take them home if they wish. (What do they do with them during the service anyway?) We are also giving a gift to people who have "mothered" the church—men as well as women. <BR/><BR/>Writing on Acts and Revelation—something having to do with gathering at the river. (Shall we?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com