[Propertalk] Fw: SermonWriter materials for (June 14) Proper 6B, Mark 4:26-34

[Ann Fontaine]

Thanks Joe -- interesting. Yes another reason to have many types of  
people preaching -- each sees something new from her/his POV


Ann



On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Joe Parrish wrote:

> At our Stewardship Commission  last night one of our members has a  
> company that does psychological profiling and said they have certain  
> phrases that identify people when they answer open ended questions.   
> Women almost always use our, us, we, but men nearly always use I,  
> me, my.
>
> I think we may be on to something about how maybe we are viewing  
> things from our gender basis.  (Yea, biases?)  So we indeed need to  
> perhaps listen more carefully to each other, and realize how we may  
> be seeing things differently, depending on whether we are male or  
> female.
> Peace and blessings,
> Joe
> St. John's, Elizabeth, NJ
>
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> I think Barclay was on to something.  I think community support and  
> involvement is important, but for me faith is an individual  
> journey.  I'm very minimalist; loving kindness and seeking justice -  
> community; walking humbly with God - me.
>
> John Edgar
> Corner Brook, NL
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> Proper 6B, Mark 4:26-34
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> re: Barclay's first statement; I agree with Ann.  We enter in  
> community and from community.
>
> Does Barclay not mix his parables just a bit in the later analysis  
> -- it sounds much like the parable of the sower to me?
>
> Ann Fontaine wrote:
>>
>> Seems that Jesus did not say any such thing -- it was all or  
>> nothing for him -- mostly addressed his words to "you" plural --  
>> not singular.  I wonder if we have become too singular in our faith  
>> journey just like the stories in the book _Bowling Alone_
>>
>> Ann
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Joe Parrish wrote:
>>
>>> People do not enter the kingdom in crowds; they must enter as  
>>> individuals; for the moment of entry is the personal and  
>>> individual acceptance of the will of God.  That is why the growth  
>>> of the mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, into a tree  
>>> symbolizes the kingdom.  That is why, if a person is placed in an  
>>> environment which is hostile or indifferent to the claims of God,  
>>> he must not regard it as something to regret and resent, but as a  
>>> privilege and a challenge to be the tiny seed from which the  
>>> kingdom grows.
>>>
>>> The Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer for Everyman, William Barclay
>>
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>> Ann Fontaine c3
>> Lander, Wyoming
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Ann Fontaine c3
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