A Thanksgiving Sermon (from 1992, but still . . . !)

[revdorothyl]

Looking back, I realize that I haven't posted a Thanksgiving sermon since the sermonette in 2011, and though I preached on this year's Thanksgiving Day lectionary on November 24th, I must confess that I didn't feel as confident in that sermon's worth

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[texanfan]

Excellent sermon. You have such a wonderful way of mining the biblical stories for deeper meaning. I'd really like to show this to my pastor. May I?

[revdorothyl]

Thanks for your kind words. Sure, go ahead and share it with your pastor, if you'd like!

I no longer have the rough notes I used in preparing this sermon, but I think I remember that at least some of the interpretations of this passage from Mark were inspired by discussions at a Presbyterian pastors' retreat led by Parker J. Palmer at Camp Wyoming in Iowa earlier in the fall of 1992 (in the interests of at least partial disclosure of source materials!).

[apeygirl]

Wonderful sermon. This part also struck me with Christmas coming and all the drama and panic people assign to Black Friday.

"The world teaches us that, because scarcity means power. If you can convince people that what you have to offer is scarce, then they will need to come to you for it, and you will have power over others as you control how much they can get and what they have to pay for it."

With everyone rushing to get the new thing before anyone else or at a lower price. I've never bought into that, but I have friends and family that do, as if it's a status symbol they need to display for them or their kids.

And Hi! You're new to my flist and I'm looking forward to getting to know each other more. :)