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Wave Riders and Deep-Sea Divers
Wave Riders and Deep-Sea Divers Story Lectionary 29 October 2017 Reformation Sunday The Story of Creation (Genesis 1) The Story of Noah (Genesis 7-9) The Story of Moses’ Birth (Exodus 2) The Story of the Exodus Through the Sea (Exodus 14) The Song of Moses and Miriam (Exodus 15) Psalm…
A Minor
This week’s playlist features a sweet soupcon of early 20th century Viennese violin music, surrounded by bold, yet familiar, piano works. Movies and modern concert halls have made almost all of these works hummable.
Beethoven’s chromatic motif from Für Elise appears in almost a dozen movies, including Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The 18th variation in Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Variations is in Groundhog Day and the TV series The Good Wife. Grieg’s music from his A minor Piano Concerto first appeared in the movies in 1939. And 514 episodes of ABC’s hit TV show Peyton Place, featured excerpts from Schumann’s Piano Concerto. read more…
Life Under the Cloudbank
Life Under the Cloudbank Lectionary 29 October 2017 21st Sunday After Pentecost Reformation Sunday / All Saints Day Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 Text to Life Only two more days until we celebrate a big holiday. Of course, you are all getting ready for it.…
The Old, Old Stories –Preaching Tip for 29 October 2017
As the hymn says, “I love to tell the Story….” As preachers, we need to remember to tell the old, old stories of scripture. Jesus relied heavily on the Hebrew stories in his ministry and mission. When we leave them out of our preaching and teaching, we lessen our understanding…
Script and Scribble
Script & Scribble:
The Rise and Fall of Handwriting
by Kitty Burns Florey
–Review by Teri Hyrkas
“I have a dilemma…. It is much easier and faster for me to write in cursive than to print, and my penmanship is near perfect mind you. Many of my students cannot read the comments that I write on their homework. Should I get with the times and print or should I put it on them to find someone to translate the cursive for them?” 09.13.17
The above request for help was taken from a recent Facebook post of a young friend, a teacher of ninth and tenth grade math students named Jodi. Her entry triggered several days of discussion on Jodi’s Facebook status. I found the comments intriguing and quite timely as I had just started reading the book by Kitty Burns Florey called Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting (Melville House Publishing, 2009). Florey, whose early education included several years of Palmer Method penmanship training, has produced a thoroughly enjoyable and very perceptive overview of the state of handwriting in the US. And not surprisingly, Script & Scribble has some pertinent information to contribute to the debate on Jodi’s “cursive vs. printing” dilemma. read more…
Pastor’s Prayer –Reformation Sunday 29 October 2017
Blessed be God and the Father of all mercy, who continues to pour his benefits upon us! You have elected us, you have called us, you have justified us, sanctified, and glorified us.
You were born for us, and you lived and died for us. You have given us the blessings of this life, and of a better. O Lord! Your blessings hang in clusters, they come trooping upon us! They break forth like mighty waters on every side.
And now Lord, you have fed us with the bread of life. So man did eat Angel’s food. O Lord, bless it. O Lord, make it health and strength unto us, still striving and prospering so long within us, until our obedience reach the measure of your love, who has done for us as much as may be.
Grant this dear Father, for your Son’s sake, our only Saviour, to whom with you, and the Holy Ghost — three Persons but one most glorious, incomprehensible God — be ascribed all honour, and glory, and praise forever. Amen.
–George Herbert, “A Prayer After the Sermon”
Holy Quail!
Holy Quail! Story Lectionary 22 October 2017 God’s Feeding of Manna and Quail in the Wilderness Through Moses (Exodus 16) God’s Promise of Abundance and the Call for Faithfulness (Deuteronomy 8) Elisha’s Feeding of the Multitude of People with Bread from First Fruits (2 Kings 2:42-44) The Story of Ruth…
Always Sideways
Always Sideways Lectionary 22 October 2017 20th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 Text to Life In 2004 a small “sleeper” movie called “Sideways” made an unexpectedly big hit. It was a movie that flirted with mid-life commitment issues, focused on finally growing up…
E Major
E major is grand and elegant. It has broad, sweeping vistas and delightful, graceful play. It calls us to be our best selves: to stand up tall, to take in a deep breath, and to gather our courage for the difficult things that cross our paths. We are surrounded by beauty which draws us into its strength and shocks us with its delicateness.
The CBC Signature Series in E major includes a Sound Cloud recording of the original radio broadcast.
This week’s Sound Theology playlist, ST#133, includes works by Grieg, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Strauss.
Take a Rest… from Social Media
It’s Time to Unfriend and Unfollow on Social Media
Summary: “If you’re the kind of person who continually adds friends and acquaintances and news sites and brands (and so on) to your Twitter and Facebook feeds but never removes anyone, it’s time. Here’s how—and why—to do it.”
Read more at: https://goo.gl/pBVghi
Digitally mined from: www.lifehacker.com
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