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Sherry Thinking: April 2012
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Monday, April 30, 2012. United Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities Hosts a Party. Dinner this evening was hosted by United Methodist schools, colleges and universities. Choirs and musicians from several schools offered inspiring music. . Monday Morning in the Plenary Session. Electronic key pads are used for voting. It took nearly 1/2 hour for everyone to figure out how to use them....
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Sherry Thinking: May 2012
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Thursday, May 24, 2012. We can't rule the Earth, because human beings are unruly.". I went to see the movie Avengers today. This is not my normal movie fare, but I am hosting a pastor from Liberia and this was his pick. So, being a good host, I went along and sat through two hours of punches, kicks, crashes and explosions. Someone must because the theater was full of the sounds of destruction.
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Sherry Thinking: Our True Self-Interest
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Joanna Macy, famous for her work in deeply reconnecting humanity and the environment, suggests that when we reconnect with the earth, we find our ethical selves. She says that moralizing will not keep us from acting in our own self-interest. What we need is to become more aware of our true self-interest. 8221; (Romans 7:15). Macy’s conclusion that we need to become more...
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Sherry Thinking: May 2013
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Monday, May 27, 2013. Living in the reign of God is challenging and intentional discipleship takes daily work. Why, with all the complexity of being a Christian in our society, would youth wonder about the possibility of eternal punishment? Inferno", from the Divine Comedy. We could guess that they wondered about what would become of them, but I do not think that is true. No one asked about the...
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Sherry Thinking: July 2012
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Pictures from NCJ Conference 2012. Picture by Sherry Parker. The opening plenary session of the North Central Jurisdictional Conference. At the opening worship of NCJ 2012, the reading of scripture included these giant puppets. Heads up First UMC of Brighton. I think we need to get some giant puppets. North Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church.
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Sherry Thinking: Hospitality
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The hospitality was not only in the food, but in their openness to share the blessings and struggles of 63 years of married life. I accepted their hospitality completely. I'll admit it was a challenge. I have been counting my daily intake of calories since February. I am using an app called Lose It. After I left, I took my weight loss app out and added my piece of chocolate...
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Sherry Thinking: What Is Worship?
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Monday, May 13, 2013. One of my favorite definitions of worship comes from Don Saliers' book Worship as Theology: Foretaste of Glory Divine. If this is the case, then what do we need for worship? Through the centuries, we've taken these practices that have opened us to prayer and hope and we've tamed them. We've chosen Sunday morning and fit several worship practices into an hour or perhaps an ...
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Sherry Thinking: June 2012
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Friday, June 22, 2012. The Wildgoose Festival, in its second year, is a place where justice, spirituality, music and art meet. It is organized by a group of Christians who want to meet and learn from others who are living out their faith in world changing ways. Over 1,000 people of all ages come to the festival. . Shane Claiborne explains the Gospel of Rutba. Photo by Sherry Parker). Claiborne talk...
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Sherry Thinking: July 2011
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I have the privilege of preaching and teaching. This blog is for the overflow. Current, contextual, random. Thursday, July 28, 2011. First United Methodist of Brighton has a redesigned web site. It includes a link to this blog. I better get writing. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. View my complete profile. Friends, Colleagues and Followers. First United Methodist of Brighton has a. Letters for First UMC of Brighton. Sermon-based Small Groups at Brighton First.
