Creation, Ezekiel, Lazarus. How are we bound?
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The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 11:1-45. The creation account used is from Genesis 2.
Creation, Ezekiel, Lazarus. How are we bound?
Listen:
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 11:1-45. The creation account used is from Genesis 2.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all of them a bit.
What is Holy Ground?
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The readings can be found here. I worked with Luke 12:24-56.
Jesus talks about the fire he came to kindle. I (briefly) ruminate on the light we are.
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Link: Crazy Thin Spaces, Senior Camp 2013
Summary of what I was saying and why:
The end of Senior High is always emotional. Camp is often a huge part of these kids’ lives and how they learn to be themselves. The priest who had been there for the week hadn’t left any lessons or instructions/requests for Saturday. So I think I took an unconscious note from Bishop Curry and preached on the craziest thing we can do.
Theology: Incarnational transformation
Jesus Count: low
Good News: We (can) carry our best selves into the world to transform the world.
What did I change on my feet?
The first reading that was read was not what I selected, so I had to do a bit of re-writing. (The other reading really didn’t work with this sermon.) Looking back I wish I’d interrupted and redirected the first reading.
What didn’t work/what did I miss?
I missed a line tying their crazy ideas into the crazy idea of carrying Camp into the world. Not essential but it would have helped tie things together better.
What did work?
The best part of the sermon was when parents started mentioning their crazy ideas. And it was just the right amount of interaction.
Other sermons I liked:
Priest Lightcap, who has been preaching about the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, is on Fear of The Lord. He takes a beautiful path to “And that reverence, that awe and wonder and astonishment and amazement –This is what we call the Fear of God.”
Priest Giroux wonders what Jesus might have said if he had kids.
Priest Baum tackles the hardest part of the Gospel and joins everyone in our lack of understanding.
Priest Arnold had one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard on prayer. Here’s a taste:
We must be careful about prayer, to build up a strong and resilient and deep understanding of prayer, because it is the key to our life as Christians. It is the lifeline that connects us to God, and so we must each be students and practitioners of the art of prayer.
Priest Pankey talks about the hard to read parts of the Bible. (Including some of my favorite stories about prophets!)
(Here’s the list of people I usually listen to. Am I missing someone?)
I had the opportunity to preach at the closing Eucharist of Senior High Camp. The lessons were 2 Samuel 6:1-23 (David dancing) and Luke 4:14-30 (Jesus reading Isaiah in the synagogue). The first lesson read turned out to be from 2 Samuel 2–slight miss-communication there.
I invited the campers to carry out with them a bold and crazy life, to the work of wearing the world thin.
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Link: Souvenirs
Summary of what I was saying and why:
We read Jacob’s ladder (Genesis 28:10-22) and the Tranfiguration (Mark 9:2-8). Saturday is the last day of Camp, our theme is Be Imitators of God. I often hear how Camp is the place people best experience God (good) or how Camp is really their only Church (eeeeh). I wanted to bring together the joy Camp, the challenge to be Imitators of God, and the joy what they have experienced here. And then remind and challenge people to be imitators of both in the rest of their lives.
Theology: Incarnation
Jesus Count: low
Good News: We carry our best experiences forward with us.
What did I change on my feet?
Not a lot. Things went about as I expected, although with less interaction than I was hoping for. That is the risk of interactive preaching.
What didn’t work/what did I miss?
In my head I had a line or two about how we are the souvenirs God sends out into the world. Which would have tied things up a bit. Just didn’t get there mentally.
What did work?
I really liked the concept. I wish my execution had been a little better.
Other sermons I liked:
Priest Young on the importance of remaining.
Priest Arnold tells people that “the kingdom needs to be proclaimed out there, where we spend our days.”
Priest Richardson uses one of my favorite quotes from St Teresa of Avila.
Dean Richards preaches on mantles and their weight.
(Here’s the list of people I usually listen to. Am I missing someone?)
Our theme for the summer is “Be Imitators of God.” Our theme for Friday is Joyful. We read about Wisdom delighting in Creation (Proverbs 8) and Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast (Matthew 22).
My sermons at Camp are always highly interactive. I do my best to make sure that the gist of the conversation is picked up by the microphone. Thank you for your patience.
Listen: JM1 2013 friday joyful
The theme for the summer is “Be Imitators of God.” Our concept for Monday was God’s Mercy. For Chapel we read about Noah and the rainbow (Genesis 8) and Jesus not stoning the adulteress woman (John 8).
My sermons at Camp are always highly interactive. I do my best to make sure that the gist of the conversation is picked up by the microphone. Thank you for your patience.
Listen: JM1 2013 Wednesday Merciful
The theme for the summer is “Be Imitators of God.” Our concept for Monday was God’s Mightiness. For Chapel we read about Gideon’s army (Judges 7) and Jesus sending out the Disciples (Matthew 10).
My sermons at Camp are always highly interactive. I do my best to make sure that the gist of the conversation is picked up by the microphone. Thank you for your patience.
Listen: JM1 2013 Monday Mightiness