tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post5569810430116003027..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: In the Land of AstonishmentElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-84544426944791684692012-09-13T15:58:31.574-04:002012-09-13T15:58:31.574-04:00The Buddhist idea of the wealth of generosity soun...The Buddhist idea of the wealth of generosity sounds a lot like the northwest native American potlatch idea of wealth being measured not by how much you have but how much you can give away?<br />DeanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314460920173552547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-70828649338380235382012-09-10T09:09:13.433-04:002012-09-10T09:09:13.433-04:00Thank you sooo much for your thoughts on yesterday...Thank you sooo much for your thoughts on yesterday's "teaching", as Bishop Robinson described his sermon at Integrity's service. Your thought's help bring me back and push me in directions I want to explore. Those conversations with the Monks give greater meaning for me. Peace be to You!Kay & Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244257765709660605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-7728160163145920382012-09-09T20:31:29.780-04:002012-09-09T20:31:29.780-04:00Your sermon sounds wonderful, Less. In three years...Your sermon sounds wonderful, Less. In three years, I may be cribbing your stuff. ;~)Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-45955477021875730802012-09-09T16:46:21.182-04:002012-09-09T16:46:21.182-04:00Elizabeth, what a GREAT sermon.
I liked about &quo...Elizabeth, what a GREAT sermon.<br />I liked about "thin" places; and about wealth, and about being poor by choice or having it forced upon someone.<br />Today we had Three Religious Leaders Speak for Peace in Micanopy, FL (Hindu, Jewish, Christian) For my sermon, based on the Syro-Phoenician woman, I had props. I used as my props, four circles of paper. Large paper rings large enough to be seen. Now go look up Moebius strip. Two of my rings were intact. One was twisted 180 degrees-- the Moebius strip. One was rotated 360 degrees.<br />I began by singing "Jesus loves the little children... red and yellow, black and white." So we sang on Sunday. On Monday some had to ride the back of the bus, drink for a different water fountain, go to a different school.<br />The woman was Syro-Phoenician. Now, people could read & write before the Phoenicians, but it was tough. Cuneiform or hyroglyphics. The Phoenician merchants invented an alphabet they could use in trade; and from that alphabet we get Greek, Latin, English; and from another direction Hebrew and Aramaic; and another direction Sanscrit. INTACT STRIP: some people think only so much love will go around. INTACT STRIP CUT IN HALF. Jesus would not help this Gentile.<br />STRIP CUT WITH 360 Degree twist. The woman said even the dogs under the table go the children's crumbs. She wanted some God. ((The two pieces form two linking circles))<br />Jesus expanded his definition of how far love could go. (MOEBIUS STRIP WITH 180 DEGREE TWIST) What results is a strip Twice as Big. Jesus Love expands. Ray Stevens picked up on Jesus loves the little children. "Everything is beautiful." Everything is NOT beautiful. I choose peace.<br />((And in three years, I am going to crib some of the excellent ideas that Elizabeth presented))Father Les Singeltonnoreply@blogger.com