We have a new head of our psychiatry department at the hospital and he and I are both cleaning up many years of neglect and worn down exhaustion….my favourite thing he said so far is “we’re not going to wait to start treating each other right”. By which he meant that we can’t fix everything overnight but we can recognize right now the pain and that all these people deserve better….I thought of this in your sermon we don’t have to wait or perform for gods love it is already inside us….. I didn’t know until I had babies they come with the personality installed but also the Holy Spirit every time every baby…..
Sorry, gotta go off script a minute, but I see the "out of regard for" as a priority problem,, he gave more of a shit about doing what he thought his people wanted from him than what he knew was right. To save face. And maintain power.. (and shirk all personal responsibility). This is not new, just about every elected politician has followed suit since. ✌ (All done, feel better)( and i promise never to post right after Rachel Maddow ever again)
There is an advantage to a common lectionary. When it comes to preaching on a text like this, ministers are challenged to deliver a sermon which doesn't sound like the plot of a slasher movie. As a result, many pastors, including you, work hard to offer the beloved children of God, whether inside or outside the fold, something that will make a difference in their lives.
You place this horror story in the context of Jesus' telling those who would follow him to give up the things that they didn't need in the first place. The problem is that we don't realize that unlil we give them up and we really really want them.
The excuses can be pathetic. Herodias must have really been something for Herod to destroy two marriages, in a highly illegal manner, imprison and execute horribly a man he respected and feared, who told him so, in order not to offend his guests. Salome's choreography must have been really different from a chicken dance for him to offer her anything she wanted and then give her the terrible gift, but he could say that at least (posssibly) he didn't hit on his brother's daughter/his stepdaughter.
It takes the grace of God to help us see how little we need what we desire and how pathetic are our excuses for pursuing what we really, really want.
Donald, thank you so much for your words, “… offer the beloved children of God, whether inside or outside the fold, something that will make a difference in their lives.” You have very succinctly stated what I’ve been trying to say is the goal of the “shocking inclusive” coffee house I want to open in my bright red corner of the state. Thank you, again! We never know who will be blessed by our words and actions. ❤️🕊
We have a new head of our psychiatry department at the hospital and he and I are both cleaning up many years of neglect and worn down exhaustion….my favourite thing he said so far is “we’re not going to wait to start treating each other right”. By which he meant that we can’t fix everything overnight but we can recognize right now the pain and that all these people deserve better….I thought of this in your sermon we don’t have to wait or perform for gods love it is already inside us….. I didn’t know until I had babies they come with the personality installed but also the Holy Spirit every time every baby…..
Sorry, gotta go off script a minute, but I see the "out of regard for" as a priority problem,, he gave more of a shit about doing what he thought his people wanted from him than what he knew was right. To save face. And maintain power.. (and shirk all personal responsibility). This is not new, just about every elected politician has followed suit since. ✌ (All done, feel better)( and i promise never to post right after Rachel Maddow ever again)
There is an advantage to a common lectionary. When it comes to preaching on a text like this, ministers are challenged to deliver a sermon which doesn't sound like the plot of a slasher movie. As a result, many pastors, including you, work hard to offer the beloved children of God, whether inside or outside the fold, something that will make a difference in their lives.
You place this horror story in the context of Jesus' telling those who would follow him to give up the things that they didn't need in the first place. The problem is that we don't realize that unlil we give them up and we really really want them.
The excuses can be pathetic. Herodias must have really been something for Herod to destroy two marriages, in a highly illegal manner, imprison and execute horribly a man he respected and feared, who told him so, in order not to offend his guests. Salome's choreography must have been really different from a chicken dance for him to offer her anything she wanted and then give her the terrible gift, but he could say that at least (posssibly) he didn't hit on his brother's daughter/his stepdaughter.
It takes the grace of God to help us see how little we need what we desire and how pathetic are our excuses for pursuing what we really, really want.
Donald, thank you so much for your words, “… offer the beloved children of God, whether inside or outside the fold, something that will make a difference in their lives.” You have very succinctly stated what I’ve been trying to say is the goal of the “shocking inclusive” coffee house I want to open in my bright red corner of the state. Thank you, again! We never know who will be blessed by our words and actions. ❤️🕊
To quote a favorite phrase of Dan Erlander - "you don't have to keep score."
What a beautiful service! I especially enjoyed the acapella singing plus the sung liturgy after the first hymn.
LOVE this!!!