Showing posts with label Moses and the Exodus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moses and the Exodus. Show all posts
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Moses Dies
On Sunday October 25th we shared in church the end of the Moses series. Moses dies. Not so much discussion as story. I used not only stories from our Biblical record, but also some of the wonderful and touching legends from the traditions of the grandmothers and grandfathers of our faith. Midrash is the tradition of stories that are passed down. I found a wonderful book many years ago that follows the Old Testament with many of these stories. They are from all over the place. The book is Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (published in Philadelphia by Jewish Publication Society, 1909) This volume is just the stories all piled on one another as if it was one story. There is also a six volume set of books that footnote each of the legends and add some more. Wonderful resource for getting into the spirit of the very alive book which is our scripture.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Jump
The Israelites get to the land of promise, find giants and won't go.
It is time to go, time to commit, time to move into the future that we can't even imagine. Time to jump.
Yes, that was Madonna up on the screen. I have heard more about this sermon than almost any other. Here is the link to the YouTube video Jump by Madonna I think this is not computer assisted, I think they are amazing jumpers. It is one of my favorite music videos, great music and it helps me want to leap into life.
That is the Israelites choice because they can't go back to Egypt -- the old traditions that enslave them are now behind and gone. Ahead is the unknown. Since they can't move ahead, God creates a generation of those just holding onto the faith, dwindling and dying out, till a new generation can take the jump. Wow, that sounds a lot like nearly the whole United Methodist Church in the last fifty years. This is a hard scripture!
Remember, next Monday (the 26th) Judith Pruess-Mellow is going to be here consulting with us about how we facilitate our ministry to seniors in our church and out city. What questions would you like to ask an expert in Senior Spirituality??
It is time to go, time to commit, time to move into the future that we can't even imagine. Time to jump.
That is the Israelites choice because they can't go back to Egypt -- the old traditions that enslave them are now behind and gone. Ahead is the unknown. Since they can't move ahead, God creates a generation of those just holding onto the faith, dwindling and dying out, till a new generation can take the jump. Wow, that sounds a lot like nearly the whole United Methodist Church in the last fifty years. This is a hard scripture!
Remember, next Monday (the 26th) Judith Pruess-Mellow is going to be here consulting with us about how we facilitate our ministry to seniors in our church and out city. What questions would you like to ask an expert in Senior Spirituality??
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