Greetings,
The scriptures for this week are:
1 Sam. 3:1-20; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; I Cor. 6:12-20; John 1:43-51.
These texts are available at http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/BEpiphany/bEpiphany2.htm
This week marks the movement away from celebratory Sundays. The pregnancy, infancy, and baptism narratives are completed. We are now moving into the hard stuff - the stuff of discipleship. We are moving from the extraordinary to the ordinary - the place where we live out most of our lives.
Bruce Epperly, at the Process and Faith Lectionary site (http://www.processandfaith.org/lectionary/YearB/2008-2009/2009-01-18.shtml) reminds us that an important aspect of the spiritual journey is cultivating awareness of God in the ordinary as well as extraordinary moments of life. What do you think?
As I continue in preperation for this coming Sunday I have shifted toward focusing on the call stories implicit in the Samuel and John texts. In both instances, although the call was certainly issued from God, it took mediators, Eli, Philip, and Jesus to frame those calls in such ways that Samuel and Nathanael could hear them.
Who has helped frame God's call on your life?
Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
In Defense of Food - Discussion
The book club has read two books concerning the food culture of the United States - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollen. http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/ and http://www.michaelpollan.com/indefense.php.
Both books challenge us to evaluate the way we eat, where our food comes from, the environmental impact of food choices, and the relative nutrition of our food options. At Wednesday's gathering, Larry asked us how the books have changed us. So, the question to start our discussion is
How has reading this book, In Defense of Food, changed the way you think about eating?
Both books challenge us to evaluate the way we eat, where our food comes from, the environmental impact of food choices, and the relative nutrition of our food options. At Wednesday's gathering, Larry asked us how the books have changed us. So, the question to start our discussion is
How has reading this book, In Defense of Food, changed the way you think about eating?
Broadway Book Club Blog
Greetings,
Below you will find the books listed that we have read for the book club. They are in random order until you get to the end. There you will find the books for the upcoming months, and the dates we will be meeting. You will find a seperate posting related to January's book - In Defense of Food.
The Broadway Book Club Selections
Listed in random order
13 Moons – Chas. Frazier
Any biography of Benjamin Franklin – reader’s choice
Any biography of Geronimo – reader’s choice
The Optimist’s Daughter – Eudora Welty
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven – Fannie Flagg
At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
The Handmaid and the Carpenter – Elizabeth Berg
Night of Sorrows – Francis Sherwood
Giants in the Earth – O.E Rolvaag
Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
Boom – Tom Brokaw
The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
Gilead – Marilynne Robinson
The Book of Daniel – E.L. Doctorow
American Pastoral – Phillip Roth
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
44 Scotland Street
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society --- November 2008
The Shack---December 2008
In Defense of Food---January 2009
UPCOMING BOOKS
February 11, 2009 (location - parsonage) -In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash
This is a collection of Short Stories by Indiana author Jean Shepherd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd, who may be best known as the writer/narrator of A Christmas Story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story.
March 11, 2009 (location TBA) Vanity Fair by William Thackerary, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray
Below you will find the books listed that we have read for the book club. They are in random order until you get to the end. There you will find the books for the upcoming months, and the dates we will be meeting. You will find a seperate posting related to January's book - In Defense of Food.
The Broadway Book Club Selections
Listed in random order
13 Moons – Chas. Frazier
Any biography of Benjamin Franklin – reader’s choice
Any biography of Geronimo – reader’s choice
The Optimist’s Daughter – Eudora Welty
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven – Fannie Flagg
At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
The Handmaid and the Carpenter – Elizabeth Berg
Night of Sorrows – Francis Sherwood
Giants in the Earth – O.E Rolvaag
Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
Boom – Tom Brokaw
The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
Gilead – Marilynne Robinson
The Book of Daniel – E.L. Doctorow
American Pastoral – Phillip Roth
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
44 Scotland Street
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society --- November 2008
The Shack---December 2008
In Defense of Food---January 2009
UPCOMING BOOKS
February 11, 2009 (location - parsonage) -In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash
This is a collection of Short Stories by Indiana author Jean Shepherd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd, who may be best known as the writer/narrator of A Christmas Story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story.
March 11, 2009 (location TBA) Vanity Fair by William Thackerary, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray
Monday, January 5, 2009
Baptism of the Lord - January 11, 2009
We will celebrate a renewal of baptismal vows, and visit the new membership vows of The United Methodist Church.
Sermon Title : Mothering God: An Image of Baptism
You may find a link to the biblical texts at http://www.textweek.com/
Genesis 1:1-5
Psalm 29
Acts 19:1-7
Mark 1:4-11
The focus of this week is once again on Baptism.
In Mark, Jesus' baptism functions as the introduction of Jesus as God's beloved child. It serves the same function as the infancy narratives of Luke and Matthew.
What do you think of this passage as a feminine image of God?
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