tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post986468266653015122..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: This way? Or, that way? Or....Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-62747575803636234002013-06-09T07:11:24.789-04:002013-06-09T07:11:24.789-04:00Thanks, Terri. It's been my normal so long no...Thanks, Terri. It's been my normal so long now, I don't know a different way. I used to start writing before bed but I wrote much slower than I needed to and got less and less sleep, not to mention worse and worse quality of sleep because I'd rethink what was written and keep writing mentally while trying to fall asleep. It was bad. I changed up my routine a little a few years ago to demand a midnight bedtime for me (sometimes it stretches all the way until 1:00 a.m. if I'm on a roll or if I'm stuck). To do that and to sleep well, I go to bed with a solid outline. If disaster struck and I overslept or something, I could probably preach from that outline well enough. I'm glad that's never happened, though. The flow, the arguments, the transitions are all laid out, I just get up to put the words between it all. It feels nuts sometimes, but most of the time it's just the way it is. Where I've been slipping is with getting some of the ideas and initial outline stuff down in a document or with pen an paper sometime before Saturday even. Lately I've been sitting down at the computer with nothing written down, jotted, or tucked away anywhere but in my brain, and I don't like that feeling. I like having something to start with on Saturday night other than the direction I chose earlier in the week. Oh well. Almost done. Back to it!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-11026811241771196612013-06-09T06:59:33.956-04:002013-06-09T06:59:33.956-04:00Well, it's almost 7am here, time to head off t...Well, it's almost 7am here, time to head off to church. End of the year picnic and celebrating life transitions; graduates from High School and College, and four families who are moving this summer, and blessing a marriage, and thanking our Christian Formation Leaders! <br /><br />Prayers for each of you as you break open the word!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-22306297495544873302013-06-09T06:53:59.962-04:002013-06-09T06:53:59.962-04:00Stephanie, hope it all comes together this morning...Stephanie, hope it all comes together this morning. That would be very hard for me to do, leave the writing until morning, even though that is the best time for me to write.<br /><br />Betsy, I hope you found the beef....(Wasn't there a fast food commercial with the slogan, Where's the beef?").....Someone once told me that some sermons are like a brunch but sometimes it's just cereal...regardless people are fed...Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-59320258574060701152013-06-09T02:06:25.603-04:002013-06-09T02:06:25.603-04:00Very late to the party, and wondering of the missi...Very late to the party, and wondering of the missing part of my sermon had mysteriously posted itself here. Alas, no. I have a cool visual presentation for our family service about Paul and following his example of spreading the good news wherever we go (playing off the start of vacation time). However, it needs more intro and meat to use it at the other two services, and all I have is a little side dish. 11:00 PM :-(Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-21311342727692108122013-06-09T02:01:23.738-04:002013-06-09T02:01:23.738-04:00Just talking today to the priest who will be comin...Just talking today to the priest who will be coming there as the new rector (or is there more than one Episcopal church there?), and I am envious! I hope the return there has been good for your soul!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399176212493797062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-16584230022474424502013-06-09T00:28:50.148-04:002013-06-09T00:28:50.148-04:00Sermon outline done. Not even midnight. I'm ...Sermon outline done. Not even midnight. I'm going to head to bed and come back in 6 hours or so and write it out. Peace.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41524065436645645122013-06-09T00:14:50.922-04:002013-06-09T00:14:50.922-04:00Hey, good to know! It's late and my html codin...Hey, good to know! It's late and my html coding skills degrade after 10pm (I know, I know, not a very good geek). <br />Hope it's helpful! <br />The story of the little boy "breaking the bread" was told to me by my sister whose pastor told it to her...he explained that that was the moment that *he* changed *his* mind about allowing children to receive communion before the "age of reason". I love it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-90641331345609456572013-06-09T00:12:11.266-04:002013-06-09T00:12:11.266-04:00I was able to pull it out of the first one. ;)I was able to pull it out of the first one. ;)Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33342985122807416472013-06-09T00:06:44.306-04:002013-06-09T00:06:44.306-04:00I've decided God is calling me to do what I...I've decided God is calling me to do what I'm preaching about: believe that God can take meager fare and transform it!the Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. +https://www.blogger.com/profile/05756531307166744420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-75627356950909081382013-06-08T23:54:39.938-04:002013-06-08T23:54:39.938-04:00Ack. Trying again. Try this insteadAck. Trying again. <a href="http://acupandaprayer.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/growing-in-god/" rel="nofollow">Try this instead</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-49796427509597093632013-06-08T23:52:56.091-04:002013-06-08T23:52:56.091-04:00Thanks! I just started going poking around for it...Thanks! I just started going poking around for it. I'm not too worried about the whole thing, but having something to bounce off of never hurts!!!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81072120570589295212013-06-08T23:51:19.637-04:002013-06-08T23:51:19.637-04:00It's <a href="http://acupandaprayer.wo...It's <a href="http://acupandaprayer.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/growing-in-god/>here</a> if you want it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-45964488643919169392013-06-08T23:45:26.460-04:002013-06-08T23:45:26.460-04:00Stephanie, I have a message that I wrote on this t...Stephanie, I have a message that I wrote on this topic back in January, if it will help...more than just to the parents, it was to the whole of the congregation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-24583991998830989382013-06-08T23:36:15.785-04:002013-06-08T23:36:15.785-04:00hahahaha. I shouldn't have jinxed myself that ...hahahaha. I shouldn't have jinxed myself that way. Been up once with each crying kid. Almost had to get the nebulizer for one. Sigh. Daddy can't come home soon enough.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60689580966897975932013-06-08T23:13:11.748-04:002013-06-08T23:13:11.748-04:00It seems like I show up here with a blank page lat...It seems like I show up here with a blank page later and later every weekend! I hope this doesn't mean it's about time I find a different writing strategy. So far, I don't think it's actually hurting my sermon quality, but I can imagine it will. Family life is picking up the pace on weekends as my kids get older. Today we were at a youth triathlon (or occupied by it as I was one of the organizers) all day. My kids "tri"-ed their little hearts out!!! So fun.<br /><br />Now I'm here to get my thoughts in order for my sermon about our second core value that was approved as a part of our recent transformation process. I'm using Deuteronomy 6 and Mark 10 (the v. 13 children part, not the verse 11-12 divorce part!) to preach "We value children!" I think I'll work some of the blog post that went kinda viral (viral for church-y blog posts anyway) - - - the one written to the parents of young children - - - into the sermon, but I don't want it to stay there or I'll lose some of my older folks. It titled this one from the Mark passage, but instead of the usual "Let the little children come" I went with the "Do not stop them" where the "them" can be the little children or the "people" (parents?) who are bringing them. We value children by supporting their parents, too.<br /><br />So, I need to get this thing organized, then head to bed, then get up to write it in the morning. A good long hymn sing will help, too! :)Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-2869681910022949192013-06-08T23:06:21.948-04:002013-06-08T23:06:21.948-04:00Well,it's been great to party with all y'a...Well,it's been great to party with all y'all. I will keep each of you in my prayers this night and through tomorrow as you break open the word. Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-49650808317050759792013-06-08T23:01:32.947-04:002013-06-08T23:01:32.947-04:00There's a Mary Oliver poem that goes like this...There's a Mary Oliver poem that goes like this<br /><br /><br />“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”<br /><br />― Mary Oliver Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81182650564424280042013-06-08T22:59:21.364-04:002013-06-08T22:59:21.364-04:00Liz, that is hilarious. I have to remember that.Liz, that is hilarious. I have to remember that.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-67349078161120681212013-06-08T22:57:08.921-04:002013-06-08T22:57:08.921-04:00okay, good!okay, good!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-64463987045758226172013-06-08T22:51:37.837-04:002013-06-08T22:51:37.837-04:00Thanks. I usually have some teaching in my sermon,...Thanks. I usually have some teaching in my sermon, and THAT is what is written. It's the pastoral bits that are more difficult to come by today. I'm working with both OT and Gospel and want to say that God/Christ meets us in the depths of despair, to bring about healing and wholeness - even if it doesn't always look like what we read in scripture. Maybe I'll do something around questions, and congregational involvement though, that's something I don't do much. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69340614796265262632013-06-08T22:45:06.331-04:002013-06-08T22:45:06.331-04:00One Sunday, my cough had been quiet until I got up...One Sunday, my cough had been quiet until I got up to start church. At prayer time I asked anyone who had a cough drop to send it up in the offering plate. I got a pocket full! Rev. Liz Moenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016175444089233865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-56294327983488427892013-06-08T22:44:36.239-04:002013-06-08T22:44:36.239-04:00So, that's usually when I decide to do a teach...So, that's usually when I decide to do a teaching kind of sermon and talk about the book of the Bible (Gospel? OT?)and so long as I don't do this very often people usually appreciate learning something more about the book - it's historical context? or some take on it like that...a Bible study sermon. I even ask questions and get the congregation involved.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-47576167881495770782013-06-08T22:41:08.881-04:002013-06-08T22:41:08.881-04:00YAY Nancy, that's the best.YAY Nancy, that's the best. Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-10498534451028538742013-06-08T22:40:17.302-04:002013-06-08T22:40:17.302-04:00I'm SO stuck. I've just over 1000 words wr...I'm SO stuck. I've just over 1000 words written, but it's not really saying anything. I got to that point by lunchtime today and I thought I'd get up and move to try and get some new ideas circulating, but now that I'm getting back to it: nothing. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-13861381329542285132013-06-08T22:40:03.471-04:002013-06-08T22:40:03.471-04:00I'll be 99, my best to everyone. Youth and YA ...I'll be 99, my best to everyone. Youth and YA are doing most of service so I just have a little piece. TBTG.Rev Nancy Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396344663987810043noreply@blogger.com