tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post6033950947392104306..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: " . . . but some doubted."Elizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-37369842437553491702008-05-19T11:52:00.000-04:002008-05-19T11:52:00.000-04:00I have to chuckle when someone says something abou...I have to chuckle when someone says something about "crafting" a sermon. I really don't do that consciously. I sort of bang away on the kee board and then at some point, I look up and lo and behold, someone has written a sermon on my computer screen.<BR/><BR/>It undoes me every time.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-89933252789945703492008-05-19T10:26:00.000-04:002008-05-19T10:26:00.000-04:00Awesome, dear sister. I would like to steal parts...Awesome, dear sister. I would like to steal parts of it, but you have crafted this sermon so well that to take one means that I would have to steal it all. Can't do that but I will share this with all my folks!Muthah+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10589837671378205837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-22028385883110434182008-05-19T08:07:00.000-04:002008-05-19T08:07:00.000-04:00Elizabeth+ wrote'In the mystery of God’s love, I a...Elizabeth+ wrote<BR/>'In the mystery of God’s love, I am a person because you are a person and forgiveness is promised because we are in relationship through our baptism in Christ Jesus. In the mystery of God’s love, death has lost its sting and even in the face of death, there is hope for new life – life eternal – life beyond the here and the now, because of the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit.'<BR/><BR/>Wow Elizabeth+, of the many fine sermons you've blessed us with, this has got to be one of your finest- I might even say one of your most sublime.<BR/>Thank-you, you living blessing<BR/><BR/>David@MontrealDavid@Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08447479118332347163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-64392311642970771322008-05-19T01:21:00.000-04:002008-05-19T01:21:00.000-04:00Every Trinity Sunday, I always think, "why stop at...Every Trinity Sunday, I always think, "why stop at three?" There are something like 70some ways in Hebrew to refer to an aspect of God. Kind of like all those words the Inuit use for "snow."<BR/><BR/>I just always figure we ended up with three because it was decided by committee. Committee work is always a compromise. First, they ignored all the female sides of God like "shekinah", the glory of the lord that resides in holy objects like the Ark of the Covenant, and "ruach", the divine wind (ruach Eloheim). After all, everyone on the synods that came up with the Trinity were guys.<BR/><BR/>But, as with all classification schemes, you always make a classification that covers all the bases by making a "wastebasket" category. I figure the Holy Spirit became the "catch-all" for "all those faces of God that don't fit under Father and Son." <BR/><BR/>So really, we're probably shorting God by only having three!Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-43502676716956479832008-05-18T22:55:00.000-04:002008-05-18T22:55:00.000-04:00beautiful...i love the concept of ubuntu that you ...beautiful...i love the concept of ubuntu that you described...i can surely learn much from pondering this holy movement towards reconciliation that our brothers and sisters in South Africa chose to not just talk about but actually live into. <BR/><BR/> Thank you!ROBERTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130103117335080071noreply@blogger.com