Comments on: The Sermon After the Sermon

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:41:34 +0000

thanks for the reply Anita

By: anita

anita — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:36:20 +0000

Phil,

The two photos on this post are from istockphoto.com so you would need to purchase the right to use them from their site.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:45:09 +0000

Oh, and thanks for the story, too. It was a cool idea to scatter the seeds (we need more physical liturgy in church) and a beautiful response from the kids! (ditto!)
Phil

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:39:41 +0000

Hi Anita
Are these photos yours? If so I’d love to be able to use them if permission could be arranged. I’m designing the annual review for the diocese of Liverpool, here in the UK, and the theme is ‘growth’ I think your pictures would look great, maybe even one on the front cover & one on the back… let me know if this would be possible and if so, under what conditions. Thanks & God bless you.
Phil

By: anita

anita — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:21:01 +0000

Amy–> You are one sick puppy. Mustard seeds = mouse poop. Very disturbing! And in terms of the other seeds that were scattered in church, no, I will not tell you. My secret. My power.

Ferienhaus –> That was definitely the image that came to my mind too. There’s a reason Jesus told us to become as children.

By: amy

amy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:30:08 +0000

love this message.

the first photo looks alarmingly like the mouse poop i’ve just found all over my downstairs. sooo, must i remain in childlike wonder at the process or are you going to divulge what the seeds will grow to become: the suspense is killing me?

By: Ferienhaus Costa

Ferienhaus Costa — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:04:21 +0000

When you said that children didn’t bother to ask you the kind of seeds they pick to plant in their own places, it reminds of Jesus’ teaching that we should be like children. Children trust God without hesitation; unlike adults who sometime doubt the love of God for them.

By: TDK

TDK — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:33:14 +0000

Isn’t it just like adults to want to know all the specifics. When do I plant, how deep do I plant, how much water does this need, does it need full sun or partial sun, and on and on. Too many times my life is about controlling all the details and planning for everything.

In learning how to embrace this new life of mine, I have had to start learning how to give up control and recognize that my sexual orientation is something I can not change, but the barriers I put up around me are things that I can. Suddenly the Serenity Prayer has meaning to me. May we all be like the children! I am convinced that the more transparent that we can be about our lives as GLBT Christians – that God will take those seeds and use them to grow a radical transformation of His church.

Great message Anita – thanks!

By: Good News, 06.18.09 | Peace Journey

Good News, 06.18.09 | Peace Journey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:14:05 +0000

[...] And this note from Pr. Anita. “Please check out my recent blog post on last Sunday’s service and the wonderful lived sermon the children provided after the [...]

By: anita

anita — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:17:48 +0000

Lindsey–> The wild growth of even the most domesticated mustard seed was definitely part of the sermon. Rabbinic Law forbade the sowing of mustard unless it was in a big enough field where it could be segregated from all the other crops since control and order was viewed as holy (God created the world in an orderly fashion) and disorder unholy. And yet here the person sows the mustard seed on the ground so that it goes everywhere…just as the kingdom of God turns up everywhere and for everyone. The other great thing about mustard seed is that it grows into these incredible bold yellow blossoms and is distinguishable from all other plants….and so is the kingdom….And don’t you just love that the mustard is a weed? Just a weed but what a weed.