January 28, 2006
clearing the old noggin
I am preaching tomorrow at Reconciler. The lectionary is interesting enough that I have several ideas running through my head. I know, that surprises many of you. Thus, in an attempt to clear my head, I have wandered over to three pear to hang with Roger and play on the blog. We don't have internet at the house...and my computer is not working right now. So, blogging from the abode is difficult to say the least.
So, I want to take the track of what authority is in these readings, but I am still not clear myself exactly what is going on. There are several threads going on at once. There are prophetic kinds of authority, exorcisms, divine death threats, dietary reflections if not prohibitions, communal implications ad nauseum...
The lectionary is simply a collection of ideas. I get to pick one and run with it. I am just not sure which to pick. I have an idea or two and some good notes. I am not worried about having something to preach tomorrow night. Still, its frustrating. I would like to know now. But that is not to be.
What is interesting is the proclaimation piece. I want to know how one proclaims something "with authority." There is a manner to such action. And there is a content worthy of the same. And certainly the community is engaged in the process. Fortunately or not, they get the task of discernment...by bearing witness to the fruits of the spirit and by the act of remembering the proclaimed word.
Yeah, something like that.
Tomorrow morning One of the Girls is pitching in at North Shore. The congrgation is having a good old fashioned Jamboree. It should be a good time. The service begins at 10am. Come on by!
I'll see you all around.
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One of the Girls has a myspace page. Roger, our bass player, has been quite creative. Wow. Yeah. That's a choice.
Posted by tripp at January 28, 2006 07:22 PM