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EfM at St. James' Marietta: Yr. D, Wk. 15: Atonement and White Lies
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Thursday, December 8, 2016. Yr D, Wk. 15: Atonement and White Lies. Scharme provided our meal; Susan brought Advent prayers from Derek Olsen's Augustine's Prayer Book. Erica brought a TR. All were present. Evoked a lot of reaction. "We liked arguing with her," we agreed. While some of us felt that she lost focus in these last chapters, others felt that she finally made sense in this second part. We all found common ground around pp. 120-130. Jacob (with Mom) fools Isaac. Yr D,...
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: February 2016
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Friday, February 26, 2016. Your blogger/ co-mentor was absent. I missed the discussion, but I have the collect composed by the group:. Collect for Waiting (relating to Psalm 62). Caring and merciful God, You hold us in Your hands. Give us patience to confront life's uncertainties and strength to trust in you, so that we can see the promise in the world that is waiting and yet unknown, so that we may fulfill your plan. Amen. Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Week 24: Shrove Tuesday.
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: December 2015
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Monday, December 28, 2015. Week 17: Christmas Recess. Present: SC, JK, BL, LL, JM, SR, SS, ST. We met at my home, where we discussed Samuel, Paul, and Allen. Because of traffic, we started late and didn't make it to a TR. [Photo: Luis, pictured, and Mia were excited to have visitors! Next time we meet, January 5, we'll all bring $5 for pizza. Lynne will prepare worship; Susan will prepare the TR. During this break, I've taken some time to write " Real Prophecy. God of power an...
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: March 2016
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Sunday, March 20, 2016. Weeks 28 and 29: Thompsett, We are Theologians. Present: SC, JK, BL, LL, SR, SS, ST. Absent: JM. Scott brought dinner. Lynne's worship, from a song lyric, became important to our collect; her question concerned our legacy. We all contributed comments to the board covering each of the chapters in Thompsett's We Are Theologians. Our TR was a story from Jeff that led us to a provocative word, "cronyism.". Collect for Community with a Hierarchy. We all enjo...
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: September 2016
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Year D, Wk. 4: Stories, Conversions. Darkness on the face of the deep. DrewKadel.wordpress.com. Erika provided dinner, and Susan provided tide-related prayer for worship. Using the "mutual invitation" method for sharing, we drew on our own lives for stories of "conversions" in affection, intellect, political orientation, and religion. Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Year D, Wk. 3: History isn't what it used to be. Tuesday, September 13, 2016. We may...
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: January 2017
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Yr D, Wk. 20: Change with Continuity, and a Dilemma. All were present. Scott brought Chinese dinner, as usual. Susan's worship came from the BCP, pp. 139-140, with the question, "What challenged you this past week? Scharme's TR began with a story about her first approach to St. James' labyrinth, and ended as a dilemma that turned out to be universal: the conflict between seeking personal growth and seeking the common good. Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: Yr. D, Wk. 13: Judges, Charlemagne, and Potential Energy
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Yr D, Wk. 13: Judges, Charlemagne, and Potential Energy. Erica brought chili; Susan led us in a litany of Thanksgiving from the back of the Book of Common Prayer. Erica told us that she re-read the last chapter of Collins's book to deal with the stories of brutality, revenge, and carnality told in the book of Judges. "It's like Game of Thrones,. Collect in a moment of Potential Energy. Bill will lead worship; Scott will bring dinner; and Susan wil...
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: Yr. D, Wk. 11 & 12: Reading Double, and Learning from Mistakes
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Sunday, November 20, 2016. Yr D, Wk. 11 and 12: Reading Double, and Learning from Mistakes. Scharme brought worship; food was brown bag. We doubled up on readings, and yours truly was away at the chorus concert and missed the discussion. Lynne started the TR with this quotation from George Bernard Shaw: "If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Glossary of EfM Terms.
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: October 2016
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Saturday, October 29, 2016. Yr D, Wk. 8-9: Exodus and Empire. Scharme was absent. Susan provided salmon loaf for dinner. Erica brought prayer, Psalm, and a lyric by Bob Dylan with the refrain, "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now." Our coming on board related to that refrain, and, in a roundabout way, so did our TR. Collect in a time of Creative Destruction. Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Yr D, Wk. 7: Wrestling with Moses, Mark, and Roman Persecutions.
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EfM at St. James' Marietta: January 2016
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EfM at St. James' Marietta. Thursday, January 28, 2016. Week 21: Lamentations, Apocalypse, and "Grace". Present: SC, JK, BL, LL, JM, SR, SS, ST. Bill and Lynne brought dinner; Jane initiated worship with Psalm 19 and a question about our responses to "let the meditations of my heart.". Reports on this week's readings emphasized "maturity" in Jeremiah, "a new intimacy"; "how the church should live". We combine readings from Week 22 and 23. Susan will bring dinner; Scharme, the worship; and Lynne the TR.