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oined the practice the same week we moved into our new larger and at that time not quite finished space the leadership team and my peers were all just a little stretched and tense there was a lot going on and in the midst of this was me the new kid who did not even know what i did not know trying to navigate all the newness and feelings of incompetence i had to ask questions a lot of questions i had to ask for help and i had to ask it of people whom i knew were very busy with a lot of important stuff to say it was humbling was an understatement in the midst of all of this change i have also had to adjust from being the primary breadwinner in my house while my husband was a full time student to being a person who made exactly no income for several months i was amazed by the power of my beliefs about my value being related to whether or not i was the one who needed and took from the pot instead of being the one who put in i was amazed by how vulnerable and humble this felt not for any good or real reasons as i was reminded often by my spouse that we are a team here but simply because i had to deal with my value being simply in who i was not what i did so some of my most comfortable and reliable identity markers that i am productive and independent and competent all were challenged at the same time it required humility in the sense of truth neither overvaluing or undervaluing my worth and vulnerability in being able to admit that i did not know did not have could not contribute in the same way that i was used to and comfortable with in the end not a bad practice i am as we all are beloved of god our value and worth lies in our very being nothing more nothing less posted by revdrkate at 5 01 pm no comments tuesday december 03 2019 advent 2019 words for reflecting as i thought about advent this year i really wanted to find a way to observe it in every sense of the word to be curious and quiet and reflective to take time to stop and really see what this time of waiting and expectation is about i knew i wanted to put my thoughts in writing but i felt like i needed some kind of a framework then the advent words showed up and i knew immediately that this was the perfect prompt for my reflections wooden stars and a little tree provided another piece of the how of this my plan is to write on the word every day and when each set of four is complete to hang the star on the tree the final piece is to put it all up on my long neglected blog and to share it as others are doing because the plan has been brewing and life has been busy i m a little late to the party so days 1 3 are all arriving at once day 1 word unexpected the unexpected tends to make me anxious i want a plan some warning i want to be in control and yet unexpected things can be wonderful and fun spontaneous and in the moment gifts that bring wonderful things that all my planning could not create i think about a wonderful find of something beautiful in nature that perfect gift that i wasn t planning on getting but it was just too good to pass up something my granddaughter does or says that could not have been anticipated t here is a fine line between anxious and excited maybe a good practice for me would be to see if i can find the latter in the unexpected events and moments in my days this advent our priest talked in his advent 1 sermon about the now and not yet of being christian especially notable in this season another reading held up mindfullness and anticipation it occurs to me that those two are really the same mindfulness of this moment this now right there in the cupped hands with anticipation the not yet noticing god at work in the world can only happen if i am present in and to the world and yet there is also the tension that this is not all is not complete jesus is still coming god s kingdom is still coming can i be present to the whole of it the here and now and the not yet without getting so anxious i bolt on the former and foreclose on the latter day 2 word visit the mediation this morning talked about being ready for the unexpected visit noting that in the middle east visitors don t call ahead but just come and that because of this custom there is always a space and provisions ready just assuming that indeed they will come i think about how we tend to live in our space not necessarily always ready for a visit but scrambling if we know someone is coming to straighten up and get something together to offer this applies to more than just a visit from an actual guest but also to all those unexpected things that throw me into a spin i wonder how it would be to live in the trust and expectation that the guests might just come and they might be rumi s guests at the guesthouse sweeping me out and preparing me for some new thing to always be ready in healthy anticipation and curiosity to be prepared but not in a rigid or controlling kind of way but with a kind of fluid grace based in trust that holds me both to a standard of living as if the guest arrives soon or treating myself as the guest and relaxing into the expected unexpected day 3 word time the reflection this morning made mention of time slipping into the future which of course gave me a steve miller earworm time however rather than slipping slipping slipping into the future seems more to be racing i remember my mother telling me that the older you get the faster it goes at the time of course i thought that was just another one of those things that grown ups say it turned out however that as in so many other things she was right about this one too i m reminded by this daily as i do my morning and evening routines didn t i just do this like minutes ago is often the thought in my head nope not minutes but hours twenty four of them where did they go and how is another whole day later already all those hours gone and how did i spend them some of course were productive i went to work and did try to be truly present there time was spent as it is every day doing those required tasks of life like laundry cleaning tending to the cat preparing eating and clearing up from meals personal care and tending all routines that i can and do perform mindlessly most of the time and then there is the truly mindless time mostly spent meandering around the rabbit trails of social media and the interwebs so much time there some days that could truly be used in better ways so much of that time slips away without my awareness without my intent much of the time i seem to behave there as if time is infinite and i can squander it in mindless pursuits without consequence as truly i would like to believe who ever wants to think about the alternative especially the reality that more of my life is gone than is yet to come the fact that there will be an end to time as i know it in this life i could get caught in anxiety about what is to come i could get lost in regret about wasted time and chances but that just uses up more time the important thing i need to remember that the only time i really have is now this is the day the time that matters posted by revdrkate at 7 52 pm no comments monday february 06 2017 sermon for february 5 2017 salt and light if today s gospel reading had a title it could be called the sermon on the mount beatitudes continued it is literally the continuation of the teaching from last week there is no pause no new chapter heading it simply continues jesus teaching his disciples and us about who they are and are to be as his followers as we heard last week the essence of his message to the disciples was not to present instruction on how to obtain god s blessing as much as it was to remind them and us that we are already blessed by god and as such called to be poor in spirit relying on god to be people who hunger and thirst for righteousness longing for the peace and justice of god s world to come on this earth who are merciful to others pure in heart being ethical authentic and congruent in dealings with others to be peacemakers and to be willing to act on our convictions no matter the cost so in today s gospel this call to know and manifest our identity as followers of jesus continues you are salt and light he says not as some kind of after market add on but as part of our very being and essential nature created in god s image a nature shared with jesus who is defined as the light of the world and the light the darkness cannot extinguish why salt and light well first the obvious salt flavors things even sweet things are better with a pinch of salt it was the secret of my mother s fabulous fudge not to even think about salted carmel and we all know that not having some salt on food can leave it tasting kind of bland and flat and light of course illuminates think about a time when you have been in that complete dark we rarely experience in our urban lives maybe at camp or out in the country at night we know that it is very dark and in that situation it can be hard see the way forward or to navigate around obstacles in our path it s easy to trip and fall in addition to these obvious qualities salt and light both have another interesting quality they purify and preserve things and they both do it by acting as change agents on the substance and fundamentally altering the environments so that the harmful things that are present are either destroyed or cannot flourish ultraviolet uv light rays those just below visible light on the spectrum can penetrate harmful pathogens in water and destroy illness causing microorganisms by attacking their dna and salt purifies and cleanses by dehydrating the environment so that there is nothing to feed the pathogens salt and light jesus says this is who you are as my followers called to not only liven things up and make them visible but to be fundamental agents of change in your environments cleansing them and purifying them by making them places that are inhospitable to the growth of things that are harmful this he says is your true nature what you were designed for blessed for called to by the god who wants you to be co creators in god s kingdom of peace love and justice in this world called he says to cleanse and fundamentally change the structure of the environments in which dis ease can flourish and grow the question then of course becomes how we might fully embody this identity respond to this call and manifest this in our own lives and contexts to be the agents of change and transformation that god calls us to and that the world especially now so desperately needs how do we find ways to illuminate and purify the flat dark places in our world how do we create environments where healthy growth and life can flourish where what is corrupt and decayed cannot live because there is simply nothing there that feeds it one thing i am pretty sure of is that we cannot do it alone while we are each individually called to live out our baptismal promises at least in our tradition this call comes to us in and as part of a community just like one little grain of salt can t really add flavor or beat back the growth of bacteria and one little flame cannot illuminate great darkness or purify very much one of us alone while we can do something cannot do as much as many gathered and committed as one i think about the power we saw manifested at standing rock the energy that was generated and reinforced when peaceful warriors gathered supported by faith and constant prayer toward a single aim in our own context when we gather to do things like harvest packs we can easily see how in a few hours many people working together with one goal can make a difference we can think of these as focused beams of light that shine from those gathered and that illuminate not only the unjust and concerning things that are happening in our world but also light up the positive power of peaceful engagement and focused action just like every point of light and grain of salt each of us is unique each of us called and gifted by god to participate in co creating god s kingdom here on earth each of us is issued the commission by jesus himself be salt be light don t get stale don t hide or cover your brightness use your gifted blessedness to illumine enliven purify and transform this broken world to one that more closely resembles god s kingdom engage in whatever way you can in that work to which we are called in the words of isiah to loose the bonds of injustice to undo the thongs of the yoke to let the oppressed go free and to break every yoke to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house when you see the naked to cover them and not to hide yourself from your own kin and then he says your light shall break forth like the dawn and your healing shall spring up quickly your vindicator shall go before you the glory of the lord shall be your rear guard the world needs us and god calls us to transform the world from dis ease and darkness to god s kingdom of love peace and justice with every bit of salt and light that is in us can we will we our answer we will with god s help posted by revdrkate at 8 33 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom http www one org who i am revdrkate late blooming bivocational psychologist and priest unexpectedly transplanted by the spirit finding endless enchantment in the joys of the life that had been waiting all along for me to find it self defined liberal evangelical feminist mystical mindful slightly anglo catholic episcopalian by grace view my complete profile what i think about friday five stuff of life reflection l s story god watch lent advent sermons nablopomo the life dance church memes faith journey spiritual direction january 2009 nablopomo january 2011 nablopomo it is what it is monk in the world the practice 2012 november 2009 be2 ordination the big event adventing cpe god spying maggie the peke photos saved in july who woulda thought awards festival of homiletics birthdays bcp gardening geocaching january january 2009 nablopomo the end light 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