tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post9156283710006573562..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Tuesday Lectionary Leanings: 3-is-1, 1-is-3, Say WHAT?? New Math?? EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-73060271817185842942013-05-22T10:58:05.437-04:002013-05-22T10:58:05.437-04:00I often enjoy the creative challenge of preaching ...I often enjoy the creative challenge of preaching Trinity Sunday, but I'm not quite feeling it this week. I'm going to preach Romans 5, which is lovely and dense and I haven't preached in years (in fact I think I've never preached it in my current congregation, which means it's been more than 12 years). I'm not preaching towards the trinity with it, at least not that I know of.<br /><br />It felt so good to make it through this last weekend, with numerous church-related and writing responsibilities, that it's been hard to regroup and move forward. Am hoping to feel less distracted and more inspired soon!earthchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447310443886956100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41832184008595388202013-05-21T15:16:30.652-04:002013-05-21T15:16:30.652-04:00While I borrowed most of my liturgy from another s...While I borrowed most of my liturgy from another source this week, here is a <a href="http://worshipofferings.blogspot.ca/2013/05/prayer-for-and-assurance-of-grace.html" rel="nofollow">Prayer for and Assurance of Grace</a>RevGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-39851300656683750972013-05-21T11:49:53.421-04:002013-05-21T11:49:53.421-04:00Last year I searched archives (Sermons that Work e...Last year I searched archives (Sermons that Work etc.) and published sermons for a Trinity Sunday homily that a lay worship leader could read while I was away. My takeaway: most were astoundingly boring even to read to myself, much less aloud. Vowed to preach texts, not doctrine.<br /><br />I like the Working Preacher-Sermon Brainwave idea of "How is God known?" Through wisdom (Proverbs), creation (psalm), incarnation--or through mystery. Might play with that immanent/transcendent tension, and what's comforting, revelatory, or incomplete about both. Starting with the same v.12 question, Martha. Do we want a God we can handle?Ann Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629104946351025692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-67212426000930801302013-05-21T11:44:32.322-04:002013-05-21T11:44:32.322-04:00I am not going with Trinity Sunday. I am sort-of ...I am not going with Trinity Sunday. I am sort-of doing Pentecost Part B and positing the sermonic question "Now what?". Easter has come and gone, the Spirit has blown into our lives, now what do we do?<br /><br />The sermon title is <i>Sent Out in Jesus' Name</i>, I am using some stuff from John and Matthew that come closest to the Pentecost moment as described by Luke-Acts. My early thoughts are <a href="http://ministerialmutterings.blogspot.ca/2013/05/looking-forward-to-may-26-2013-1st.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>RevGordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69716473479744864242013-05-21T08:48:31.355-04:002013-05-21T08:48:31.355-04:00Some of that liturgy (great or otherwise) is mine,...Some of that liturgy (great or otherwise) is mine, written last week. I'm headed towards preaching John, with an angle from the Common English Bible rendering of verse 12: "I have much more to say to you, but you can’t handle it now." There is a lot we can't handle now, and the uncontrollable events of life seem to be begging for an approach to the Trinity that includes unpacking theodicy, which sounds like a trick bag on my second Sunday in a congregation I will serve only temporarily. But there it is. Where is this awesome, tripartite God we proclaim in the midst of the tornado?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-49158064853362825002013-05-21T08:28:54.079-04:002013-05-21T08:28:54.079-04:00I think I'm going to do something with Proverb...I think I'm going to do something with Proverbs...though I have no idea what just yet. I'm playing with the idea that there are some words near the end of the selection that can be translated differently, i.e. "daily I was beside him like a confidant" (as opposed to "master worker") and "dancing/frolicking" rather than "rejoicing"...I like how that might help tie together the idea of the Trinity as always in an eternal dance a la Eastern Orthodox understanding.<br /><br />Of course, we're having a hymn sing, so I can't rely on the music to make the point if I don't manage it in the sermon....<br /><br />FYI, all, there's some great Trinity liturgy up on <a href="http://www.liturgylink.net" rel="nofollow">LiturgyLink!</a>Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.com