tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post7119499978256796069..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: Rise and Shine!!! EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-13164979846383438902007-08-19T08:15:00.000-04:002007-08-19T08:15:00.000-04:00boo on thunderstorms that woke me up sometime much...boo on thunderstorms that woke me up sometime much before the alarm (as in many hours) and continue now. No one else is going to come to church in this weather, why do I have to go?<BR/><BR/>{{end whine}}<BR/><BR/>happy Sunday, all!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-14079512990198582332007-08-19T07:20:00.000-04:002007-08-19T07:20:00.000-04:00Good morning, mompriest! I am ready to go back to ...Good morning, mompriest! <BR/>I am ready to go back to our regular worship time, but there are a few more Sundays left on the summer schedule. So we will be out early today, too.<BR/>Blessings to all who preach today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-65636733491131144482007-08-19T06:42:00.000-04:002007-08-19T06:42:00.000-04:00Woke up early to another loud thunderestorm and to...Woke up early to another loud thunderestorm and torrents of rain. I should not complain, given the awful weather others are having...but I am anyway.<BR/><BR/>May this day bring each of you the Grace of God. May the Holy SPirit fill your words with tongues of fire stirring up passion in you and the people you serve.<BR/><BR/>At the very least I pray you all have a good day.<BR/><BR/>Coffee's on, it's time to go.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-24263598538864255012007-08-19T02:53:00.000-04:002007-08-19T02:53:00.000-04:00Okay, I'm off to sleep. I'll get the lights etc. ...Okay, I'm off to sleep. I'll get the lights etc. since I seem to be the only one left.<BR/><BR/>Blessings on all proclamation tomorrow!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-86886944368788066412007-08-19T02:33:00.000-04:002007-08-19T02:33:00.000-04:00(And I just can't resist being the one to post com...(And I just can't resist being the one to post comment 100. Heh!)semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-82546741418969761202007-08-19T02:32:00.000-04:002007-08-19T02:32:00.000-04:00*crickets chirping*Still typing away here, but alm...*crickets chirping*<BR/><BR/>Still typing away here, but almost done (word count 1479)...anybody else still out there? Rev Zookeeper?semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-30284201199652184112007-08-19T00:11:00.000-04:002007-08-19T00:11:00.000-04:00It's only 9:00 p.m. here - and prime writing time ...It's only 9:00 p.m. here - and prime writing time has only now finally become available with kiddos off in bed... I think.<BR/><BR/>I'm flowing with the good parts, and stumbling on the division stuff. I'm also tired of repeating cloud of witnesses. Perhaps I'll switch to the mist of saints... fog of forefathers and foremothers... haze of heroes... any others getting loopy at this late hour?Rev. Zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539661453461388793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-90536415886831679152007-08-18T23:14:00.000-04:002007-08-18T23:14:00.000-04:00Friends, I'm up later than usual, but now I am hit...Friends, I'm up later than usual, but now I am hitting the sack. Will someone get the lights and unplug the coffeepot? No rush, we are good sleepers around here!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-52418842639534098032007-08-18T23:12:00.000-04:002007-08-18T23:12:00.000-04:00Back finally from potluck, complete with campfire ...Back finally from potluck, complete with campfire and s'mores (I smell like woodsmoke). Very full and starting to get sleepy, but must finish sermon first.<BR/><BR/>I got about a page in (660 words) before I had to leave. And when I left, I was really in the groove, so I hope I can find it again!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-72691478907902385382007-08-18T22:55:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:55:00.000-04:00Scott, that is a beautiful prayer. May you find th...Scott, that is a beautiful prayer. May you find the other words you need as well. (I feel sure you will!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-26544273998196044002007-08-18T22:51:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:51:00.000-04:00Hey! I think it worked! Take a look at the ballad...Hey! I think it worked! Take a look at <A HREF="http://kiminkck.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">the ballad of the vineyard </A> I'm going to sing. The asterisks mark breaks to talk about the textKim in KCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06965504796391007511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-22100671505944758782007-08-18T22:47:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:47:00.000-04:00Stick me with a fork... I'm done... at least until...Stick me with a fork... I'm done... at least until the final read through tomorrow morning. I'm preaching from Hebrews... and talking about being the <A HREF="http://jeansflopsandjesus.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Bread for the Race of Life</A>. May God's face shine on each of you as you serve Christ in all that you say and do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-92072945781798484072007-08-18T22:42:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:42:00.000-04:00Hey, all,Just wrote my opening prayer for tomorrow...Hey, all,<BR/>Just wrote my opening prayer for tomorrow and I thought I'd share:<BR/><BR/>Holy, almighty and ever-living God, you bring a word that shatters us into pieces, so that we may be remade in Your image. You bring a word that burns us with its intensity, so that we might be set ablaze with Your passion for the world You have created. You break the relationships we cherish, so that You can rebuild them in love that is deeper than we can imagine and grace that stretches far beyond our ability to give. Shatter us – set us ablaze – rebuild us as the grace-filled body of your Son, Jesus the Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can tell I'm struggling with how to say what I feel called to say and how best to say it - pray for me!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157331552693781962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-64162013833566262152007-08-18T22:33:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:33:00.000-04:00My sermon is posted. Still need to work on the end...My sermon is posted. Still need to work on the end..always the end...but stop on by if you have the energy and see what I have to say about <A HREF="http://seekingauthenticvoice.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Passion Like Tongues of Fire</A><BR/><BR/>I gotta go to bed. Blessings on you all, this night and tomorrow.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-23495533089298223442007-08-18T22:05:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:05:00.000-04:00hey teri, thanks. i think i did that the last tim...hey teri, thanks. i think i did that the last time i used this passage- might do it again. we'll see. i have hubby thinking on it. <BR/><BR/>songbird, i saw your note on a bath and went up to draw one. i hear it filling now. thanks.<BR/><BR/>blessings all, on your writing, or resting, recovering (from stressful days) and in your grieving ((((revdari)))). and on your preaching tomorrow.more cows than peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848597902402114593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-71027341644145263322007-08-18T21:48:00.000-04:002007-08-18T21:48:00.000-04:00Ok, I have herbal iced tea (Tazo "Calm") and low f...Ok, I have herbal iced tea (Tazo "Calm") and low fat ice cream bars. I have a sermon that is: not as awful as I thought. But. Neither is it finished.<BR/><BR/>You all have been bouncing around some great ideas, makes me wish I were preaching on Hebrews and not Jeremiah and Luke...<BR/><BR/>I'm using the movie Freedom Writers, with Hilary Swank, as an illustration - to get at passion. Erin Gruwell was (is) passionate about helping the kids. In a similar way God fills us with a passion to make a diffference in the world - Jeremiah fights it, Jesus does not, in the end God's passion, stirred in us through the fire of the Holy Spirit, (Jesus baptizes with fire and Holy Spirit, the disciples are filled with tongues of fire and Holy Spirit on Pentecost, we are given the HS and fire - passion in baptism)....God calls us to ministry, lay or ordained, and sometimes we are like Jer. - we fight it...sometimes we are like Jesus and live it...<BR/><BR/>well, that's where I am so far...I think.<BR/><BR/>a bubble bath does sound very nice...Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-74649382591076820532007-08-18T21:46:00.000-04:002007-08-18T21:46:00.000-04:00Well, I'm done. I finished while having one ear o...Well, I'm done. I finished while having one ear out for the schmoopies who were downstairs.<BR/><BR/>Now its a glass of vino, a bath, and bed for me.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324456402703897094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5113314475992664792007-08-18T21:42:00.000-04:002007-08-18T21:42:00.000-04:00Getting a late start here on the writing part, but...Getting a late start here on the writing part, but the grapes are pressed and have been mellowing in my head all day. I actually woke up at 5:15 this morning thinking about my sermon. Usually that is what happens on Sunday morning. <BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about ballads - old cheating and unrequited love songs and seeing the link to Isaiah. I'm thinking about singing the scripture as part of the sermon. Now I just need to get into a really creative mood.<BR/><BR/>The day was full of errands and car repairs and church ice cream social. No more food here! I already ate more of the stuff I shouldn't than I should have! But we do have homemade ice cream in the freezer if anyone needs a snack!Kim in KCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06965504796391007511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-43103369918382431392007-08-18T21:40:00.000-04:002007-08-18T21:40:00.000-04:00I'm sorry I missed the party... just forgot.. said...I'm sorry I missed the party... just forgot.. said... have a glass of wine before bed on me... preached once.. then up for everything tomorrow.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-45853102838623615692007-08-18T21:00:00.000-04:002007-08-18T21:00:00.000-04:00Sermon draft finally complete here.I focused upon ...Sermon draft finally complete here.<BR/>I focused upon Hebrews and the cloud of witnesses. I brought in Tammy Faye, Elvis, along with Moses and Abraham. I also included two dear friends from a former church who I just learned died only 5 weeks apart. It is a sweet testament to their love, I think that they would die so close together. <BR/><BR/>I think I have selfishly used my sermon to work through some of my grief with this couple. Actually, there were 6 (yes 6) deaths in that church last month. All 6 were folks I knew well and I was close to 3 of the 6. I am somewhat thankful to be experiencing this rough month of loss from 1000 miles away. I feel bad for the pastor. How difficult this time must be for him. <BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, I pray my sermon holds together and is as moving for the congregation as they hear it as it was for me writing it!<BR/><BR/>I want some guac and chips, please.<BR/>Low carb diet be darned!!!!RevDarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393645718058141913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-30500652046308792982007-08-18T20:56:00.000-04:002007-08-18T20:56:00.000-04:00I took the bath and read the articles. Now I reall...I took the bath and read the articles. Now I really, really have to write. Really.<BR/><BR/>No, really.<BR/><BR/>But first, I'll put on some hot water for tea. Anybody want a cup?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-83838043964195572962007-08-18T20:38:00.000-04:002007-08-18T20:38:00.000-04:00I'm done! And, I've a successful day packing. It...I'm done! And, I've a successful day packing. It's funny - as excited as I am about this move, it makes me a little sad to see my house starting to empty out. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm going to make some peppermint tea with fresh lemon - anybody care to join me?Chilly Fingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364530398695776477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-7277821459129215652007-08-18T20:27:00.000-04:002007-08-18T20:27:00.000-04:00Stopping by after the potluck. I have some very yu...Stopping by after the potluck. I have some very yummy turkey enchiladas with all the fixin's! I'd love a diet Coke and popcorn as well!<BR/>All this talk of ravelry has me interested, even though I'm not a knitter!<BR/>Doing some editing on too short sermon, although, honestly, I won't get it finished until tomorrow. I really need to be working on my sunday school class lesson on Hebrew 5 and 6.<BR/>Maybe I need some of those brownies afterall :)rev h-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14844912508550923363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-64968669723919368342007-08-18T20:17:00.000-04:002007-08-18T20:17:00.000-04:00it's tomorrow morning already here...and after dau...it's tomorrow morning already here...and after daughter's car broke down, leaving me to rescue her from a late night waitressing slot, I'm about done for. Blessings on all of you as you prepare and preach...Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-26433680513657336562007-08-18T20:09:00.000-04:002007-08-18T20:09:00.000-04:00Yes, Earthchick, one was IKEA and one was somethin...Yes, Earthchick, one was IKEA and one was something called Room and Board filled with "contemporary" expensive stuff. <BR/><BR/>Sermon is about 1/2 done, I think. Of course, I forgot that I have to adapt it for an afternoon service in a retirement home health care unit. No More Distractions! (Does blogging count as a distraction?)Maria Tafoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920977030140327974noreply@blogger.com