Author: wonderfulexchange

Kimberly Bohan is a priest in the Diocese of Lincoln, less surprised by angels than by being so far south.

a new approach to sermon writing

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  1. Read texts: call of Abraham; Paul on Abraham; Call of Levi, teachings & healing.
  2. Flirt with a literal reading of Genesis (‘Abraham, go…’). Pick up sandals and head into town.
  3. Walk for half an hour amidst the surprising number of tourists playing on the small and disappointing beach in Dunoon.
  4. Question: Is this all they hoped for?
  5. Revelation: that is a question about Abraham too.
  6. Exploration: Is Dunoon Haran?
  7. Find a quiet bench and scribble for half an hour (no, not on that).
  8. Stop occasionally to: admire the red herrings; bless the beast and the children.
  9. Suddenly decide the sermon is done.
  10. Begin to walk back, wondering if that self-righteous glow could be excused as a character study on Matthew’s Pharisees.
  11. Question whether a character study on Levi demands climbing a tree.
  12. Decide ‘Definitely not’ and head straight for home.

Now, time to make sure there really was a sermon in there somewhere.

ex libris

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books

The culling of books has begun.

The trouble with being a dabbler is that I keep hoping to turn back to things to study them (or remember them) properly one day. So, given the task of choosing which of my State-side books to keep, I have a riduculous pile of things that includes books on several languages I can’t speak, costumes I will never make again, equations that eluded me at the best of times, horses that barely exist in Britain, as well as the more sensible novels, poems, books of theology and childhood favorites. Oh, and a few on cognitive development and curriculum planning since they do come in handy.

Sheer and utter madness.

Some people have photo albums. I have a library.