tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post7064932839695811302..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Lectionary Leanings~~Good Shepherd editionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-26114159008360076852012-04-25T01:02:25.559-04:002012-04-25T01:02:25.559-04:00Love the idea, Sherev...putting that one down in t...Love the idea, Sherev...putting that one down in the book.<br />I am not moved by any texts (yet) for this week. I am leaning towards the I John. Thanks for the link, Rev Dr Mom!1-4 Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688216101068437927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-39933077328405103622012-04-24T15:39:33.488-04:002012-04-24T15:39:33.488-04:00I'm avoiding Good Shepherd, but only semi-inte...I'm avoiding Good Shepherd, but only semi-intentionally. I planned something a bit different for this week already, and then rejoiced when I realized it was Good Shepherd Sunday.<br /><br />A couple of a months ago a woman in our congregation shared with me a handwritten essay should found in her house while cleaning out her basement. She's in her early 60s and wrote it when she was about 14 years old, two years before she left her parents behind in Hong Kong to live in the US with other relatives without them. That's unrelated, though. Just a cool story on it's own. Anyway, the essay was "What is Easter?" and really it is a beautiful sermon. I asked her if she would preach it one Sunday in Easter, so this is that week.<br /><br />It's probably a little shorter than a usual sermon, so a few weeks ago I started inviting people to submit their own offerings that answer the same question "What is Easter?" or a slightly different question, "Where do I see signs of resurrection life?" One man has a song he wrote which he will sing. Lots of other people are sending pictures which we will put into a slide show as a sort of "visual sermon." I might add in a sermonette sort of thing in their somewhere, but mostly I want everyone's offerings to stand without my words to mess them up. :)<br /><br />Hopefully I'll take more time this week to get a preaching plan together for the rest of spring, summer, and maybe move into the fall even. It's been too long since I've been working from a larger plan like that, and I feel disjointed!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-79036224336948856262012-04-24T12:48:01.256-04:002012-04-24T12:48:01.256-04:00I have a bishop's visitation, so I am happily ...I have a bishop's visitation, so I am happily looking forward to a few "extra" hours this week to put towards other projects, and a Saturday with my family. Happy preaching to everyone else though!Jen L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-844394706523149902012-04-24T09:52:39.471-04:002012-04-24T09:52:39.471-04:00I'm trying to get serious about the sermon a b...I'm trying to get serious about the sermon a bit earlier than usual this week, and I'm increasingly drawn to the passage from 1 John, and I serendipitously ran across this <a href="http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-03/sunday-april-29-2012" rel="nofollow">piece in Christian Century</a> which really spoke to me.<br /><br />I'm also thinking of the 50th anniversary of <i>Wrinkle in Time</i> and the power of love. <br /><br />Of course this could all change by the weekend.Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686528826414330355noreply@blogger.com