sunday sermon preview

[beachpsalms]

I've been struggling with my Epiphany sermon all week - reading about light imagery, and how our image of three wise kings is influenced more by Christmas carols than scripture... and all of it not going anywhere at all in my head.

But finally (and none too soon, really) it flipped around and fit together. Rather like turning around that one jigsaw

Comments

[susannah]

WOW!

"So to go back to Halberstam - it is not enough to claim a title: be it lesbian, Christian, wise man, saviour - if we are still going to follow established patterns of hierarchy..."

Just wow! That is a hugely challenging and uncomfortable thought.

As a transsexual christian, it's so easy to adopt the label, or even the revised gender label, and think... that's it... made it... I'm there...

BUT

This angle you express is just enormous in its challenge. And the issue of our position in relationship to hierarchy... to our own comfortable privilege...

And the thought that we so often depend on labels... and even exchange one label for another, but actually don't fundamentally change...

"We are called, instead - like the wise men - to follow the light, the star, when it leads us to the marginal places, and take up living there. It is, after all, where Christ can be found..."I think, reading Elizabeth Johnson's book "She Who Is" this opened me up a bit to the challenge of shifting our whole relationship to christianity, and

[beachpsalms]

I think we are absolutely called to take up residence on the margins. I'm so thrilled this entry resonated with you. If you want to repost it, please go ahead.

Usually I don't comment...

[anonymous]

When I first read this post I thought the concept was interesting but wasn't sure I agreed. No matter, there was a message there for me anyway it would seem, I'd been followed by these words the past few days: "We are called, instead - like the wise men - to follow the light, the star, when it leads us to the marginal places, and take up living there." It was enough to leave me uncomfortable in my comfort zone and not only look past but act outside of who I think I am and what I usually do...
Thanks for the message.

Re: Usually I don't comment...

[beachpsalms]

Thank you for the comment! I don't think there's a better compliment for a preacher than to here that her words followed someone around for a few days.

[morningdawns]

Your blog sounds great! Mind if I add? Let's be friends!

[beachpsalms]

Certainly!