tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post3696160567031666254..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: The Coastlands Wait EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-3480694129210164132008-01-13T20:05:00.000-05:002008-01-13T20:05:00.000-05:00Will Smamma - I preached on Hesed today. Guess wh...Will Smamma - I preached on Hesed today. Guess what I thought about???mid-life rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477633857058924514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-24007479307236982902008-01-13T08:02:00.000-05:002008-01-13T08:02:00.000-05:00This may be the furthest I have pushed it but it'l...This may be the furthest I have pushed it but it'll preach. Never been happier for Communion in my professional life!<BR/><BR/>Peace all and know that the Holy Spirit has our backs... and if you gotta dog, walk it proud!will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-11138952286102275562008-01-13T07:56:00.000-05:002008-01-13T07:56:00.000-05:00I am always impressed to see who the first comment...I am always impressed to see who the first comment is from each week. Well done, Earthchick. Heh.<BR/><BR/>My sermon was finished Friday morning so I stayed away from the party. For those reading this on Sunday (Today) you should feel free to grab a cuppa. I made a fresh pot.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.anglobaptist.org/blog/archives/2008/01/sermon_get_wet.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is the link to my sermon. I used a lot of outlining in the composition this week. I am trying to wean myself from the full manuscript. We'll see how it goes. I am preaching on the Baptismal text following our theme of "journey' for Epiphany.<BR/><BR/>Be well. God bless. Grab a danish.Tripp Hudginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987346084472861229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-87531898056358821872008-01-13T07:47:00.000-05:002008-01-13T07:47:00.000-05:00Trust the Spirit, indeed. May you all truly bring ...Trust the Spirit, indeed. May you all truly bring the Good News this day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-87912545295388947162008-01-13T07:06:00.000-05:002008-01-13T07:06:00.000-05:00Well, I think mine is done. 1700+ words. Amazing w...Well, I think mine is done. 1700+ words. Amazing what a couple of quiet hours and the Spirit can accomplish. The better good news is I have enough time to go back to bed for about and hour and a half.<BR/><BR/>For those still here and those questioning your work...Trust the Spirit to accomplish what you are not sure you have. Blessings on this day and your proclamation of God's love.Kim in KCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06965504796391007511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-28705244200371332008-01-13T06:55:00.000-05:002008-01-13T06:55:00.000-05:00I am up, too. have been up for awhile, trying to ...I am up, too. have been up for awhile, trying to salvage something of this mess I am calling a sermon. Just got off the phone with a church member whose wife's mom is in the hospital and not doing well. When the phone rang, I first thought it was another church member whose mom has been dying for the past two weeks. Depending on how things go with these families, this could turn out to be a very busy week.Presby Babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234311438408539689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60317862511023766912008-01-13T06:40:00.000-05:002008-01-13T06:40:00.000-05:00kim, I'm up. wow, I hate it when I mess up the ala...kim, I'm up. wow, I hate it when I mess up the alarm clock and get up at the wrong time, whether too early or too late...hope you have energy for this day. <BR/><BR/>It's now almost 5:30 CST, I've been up for 45 minutes. I keep looking at ths sermon I wrote. It's done. but I keep thinking it needs some work, I just can't figure out how or where or what. unless I just write a whole new one. and that's not happening.<BR/><BR/>blessings all.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-45895422039794272582008-01-13T06:37:00.000-05:002008-01-13T06:37:00.000-05:00hello :)hello :)seethroughfaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041055467020894063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-49733289289053079652008-01-13T04:03:00.000-05:002008-01-13T04:03:00.000-05:00I'm back. Anyone else here? I said I'd be back a...I'm back. Anyone else here? I said I'd be back at four, and I woke up a half an hour ago, looked at the clock which read 3:30, and lay there thinking. decided to get up and only then saw that the other clock, the one I had not touched when I went to bed, read 2:52. Somehow I had bumped the other clock up an hour, but I'm up nonetheless and the house is quiet, adn there is work to be done. I think I at least have some direction now. The servant song tied to the baptism of the servant and someone else's earlier comment tying John's initial refusal to baptize to Peter's refusal to have his feet washed. I think there is a connection waiting to be found, too.<BR/><BR/>If anyone is still around, please say hello.Kim in KCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06965504796391007511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-12580011719658878212008-01-13T03:19:00.000-05:002008-01-13T03:19:00.000-05:00Confirmation's planned, more or less.And somehow I...Confirmation's planned, more or less.<BR/><BR/>And somehow I ended up comparing Christians to cans of food in the ending to my sermon.<BR/><BR/>But I'm going to bed nonetheless. Night all!semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-660625443730029492008-01-13T00:40:00.000-05:002008-01-13T00:40:00.000-05:00Closer to being done, and heading off to bed for n...Closer to being done, and heading off to bed for now. Lights are going out until the early risers pop back in. G'night all.Presby Babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234311438408539689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59094620719382863682008-01-12T23:50:00.000-05:002008-01-12T23:50:00.000-05:00I have nothing, but off to bed anyway. It will co...I have nothing, but off to bed anyway. It will come. It will come. <BR/>Back about 4. Leave the coffee on.Kim in KCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06965504796391007511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-34680811373479038652008-01-12T23:42:00.000-05:002008-01-12T23:42:00.000-05:00I'm happy to get them, since I seem to be the only...I'm happy to get them, since I seem to be the only one leftPresby Babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234311438408539689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-2278262161943856442008-01-12T23:37:00.000-05:002008-01-12T23:37:00.000-05:00hey, semfem, I was here earlier, too. Mine is alre...hey, semfem, I was here earlier, too. Mine is already printed and I'm on the way to bed. Hope someone else won't mind getting the lights this week.The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41946004336252566902008-01-12T23:11:00.001-05:002008-01-12T23:11:00.001-05:00I'm still here. No more football games to distrac...I'm still here. No more football games to distract me. 2 pages done - almost halfway there!Presby Babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234311438408539689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-7087136112056016642008-01-12T23:11:00.000-05:002008-01-12T23:11:00.000-05:001393 words. Stick a fork in this baby, because it...1393 words. Stick a fork in this baby, because it's done! Yay!<BR/><BR/>I, however, am not done, because now I have to plan the Confirmation lesson for tomorrow. (That's the hitch, Songbird.) And I kind of have no curriculum to give me a starting point. Long story. But there's more to go.<BR/><BR/>But the sermon is done, and that feels good! Congrats to all those who are finishing up!<BR/><BR/>Vicar of Hogsmeade should be here any minute...semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33710861018617121732008-01-12T23:03:00.000-05:002008-01-12T23:03:00.000-05:00Finished at 10:00 p.m. My last little posting spr...Finished at 10:00 p.m. My last little posting spree pretty much wrote the end of my sermon. Totally forgot about that interaction with my friend at my son's baptism. That'll preach!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-36116501233226185692008-01-12T23:00:00.000-05:002008-01-12T23:00:00.000-05:00Well, it's done. Ain't sayin' it's good, just sayi...Well, <A HREF="http://goanddolikewise.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">it's done.</A> Ain't sayin' it's good, just sayin' it's done. <BR/>Blessings on anyone still up and at 'em.Rivkahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595316806953091704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-9684962650330039812008-01-12T22:56:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:56:00.000-05:00It's nearly 11, EST, and that is my pumpkin hour o...It's nearly 11, EST, and that is my pumpkin hour on Saturday nights. I wish you all well as you finish up; someone get the lights when the party is over, and I'll wash the cups in the morning, okay?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-21745787864662699302008-01-12T22:53:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:53:00.000-05:00semfem, you're finishing up early!semfem, you're finishing up early!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-50714694111916208832008-01-12T22:52:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:52:00.000-05:00w00t, Gord, your comment has helped me see a MUCH ...w00t, Gord, your comment has helped me see a MUCH better ending to the sermon than what I had originally planned! Thanks!<BR/><BR/>1300 words, and I'm working on crafting that closing sentence...semfemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669630858664979871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41577710463227322052008-01-12T22:51:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:51:00.000-05:00Yipee! Typed and printed before 10 pm. It's basic...Yipee! Typed and printed before 10 pm. It's basic. It's simple. I pray it will work. Preaching to a small group of another denomination is always a mystery as to how it will go. Oh well, trust the Spirit. <BR/>The movie my mother has watched for last 3 hours nearing the end. Almost time for bed. Thanks to all for inspiration and ideas. Peace.mid-life rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477633857058924514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60578641070277889192008-01-12T22:26:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:26:00.000-05:00will smama - Toy Story could be a help for you. B...will smama - Toy Story could be a help for you. Both the first and the second, I think, have great baptismal themes - - how about Woody whose foot is inscribed with the boy's name? It's how he knows to whom he belongs. In the second movie there's a similar kind of "ownership" or "belonging" scene with the girl doll (whose name escapes me) and the song she sings about her little girl. There's some good stuff for preaching in those movies!!!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-9924192794468422642008-01-12T22:20:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:20:00.000-05:00HEy this works well! Last week in my sermon Gifts...HEy this works well! Last week in my sermon <I>Gifts for God</I> I talked about what gifts we have to bring and how finding one's ministry is where your passion/skills/talents intersects with the world's pain/need.<BR/><BR/>THis week I am talking about the Isaiah passage as our commissioning to the world-changing ministry of the Servant (after some introductory blather about the SErvant songs). Well that and how our baptism, like that of Jesus, marks the beginning of that ministry. ANd just 5 minutes ago I realized how well they slid together. And next week when we continue on with Isaiah's next Servant Song the theme of discipleship/service carries forward.<BR/><BR/>Now why did it take till 10:15 to realize that?????Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-61778215873092658472008-01-12T22:15:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:15:00.000-05:00Reverend Dona Quixote - The pastor who baptized my...Reverend Dona Quixote - The pastor who baptized my son two months ago said something almost identical to that. I was between calls when we decided (after a bunch of praying and thinking about if it was appropriate or not) to have a friend in the area (someone I actually went to seminary with although we both had calls FAR from our seminary) provide the sacrament for our family in his congregation. Everyone agreed it would be OK.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, before the worship service I was in my friend's office changing my son's diaper and my friend walked in a said, "Are you ready, W? From here on out it's a whole different life. You're no longer in charge!" It made me giggle at first, but MAN has it stuck with me. <BR/><BR/>I wasn't raised thinking about baptism much, but really got "into it" during seminary. I think about its implications for adult Christians now all that time, but that morning was the first time I thought of how it means even an infant is no longer in charge - - an infant who had been controlling my daily life for 4 1/2 months at that point. An infant who was really at the center of our family world (even with a 2 year old also), and whose schedule and needs controlled everything we did. In just a few minutes he wasn't going to be in charge any more - - God was. It was neat. My friend preached on the binding and almost sacrifice of Isaac that morning and talked about how Abraham had to turn things over to God's hands. That's what it meant to follow God for Abraham in his covenant, and that's what it means to follow God for the baptized in our covenant. It was the first time I had heard my friend preach and I was floored. Good stuff. Good day. Good God!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.com