tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post372856650219722700..comments2023-09-18T08:44:40.951-05:00Comments on faith in community: Sermon: First Things FirstDiane M. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-49813441352638393662007-07-22T21:33:00.000-05:002007-07-22T21:33:00.000-05:00A huge thank you from me for posting your sermon. ...A huge thank you from me for posting your sermon. You know why, and I feel guilty. I'll be there eventually, but until then I appreciate being able to read the sermon. I don't know what I am anymore, but I'm fairly certain I'm hardly ever a Martha. At least not with a lot of concentrating. Or maybe I'm not getting it? That could be, too. I don't know very much about any of these people, but I want to.kim-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650811256788756378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-29999749286612224552007-07-22T21:22:00.000-05:002007-07-22T21:22:00.000-05:00Yes, I agree with mompriest! Thanks for posting!Yes, I agree with mompriest! Thanks for posting!Barbara B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02645311082295646375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-81368650867055540412007-07-22T20:42:00.000-05:002007-07-22T20:42:00.000-05:00diane, I enjoyed this sermon and your reflection o...diane, I enjoyed this sermon and your reflection on Martha.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-19991395667349268572007-07-22T20:25:00.000-05:002007-07-22T20:25:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your sermon!Thanks for sharing your sermon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-5675168989048491882007-07-22T19:03:00.000-05:002007-07-22T19:03:00.000-05:00Thank you for this, I really, really needed that r...Thank you for this, I really, really needed that reminder that Jesus comes into our lives as we are...we don't have to get them all perfect and tended first. Wonderful sermon...so glad you posted it!RevDrKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043193615563649333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-38845407654778446232007-07-22T18:33:00.000-05:002007-07-22T18:33:00.000-05:00I have read so many sermons sympathetic to Martha ...I have read so many sermons sympathetic to Martha in the past week! I am glad she is getting her due -- even though there has never bveen any hope for me as a Martha.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-14997626228370637322007-07-22T18:10:00.000-05:002007-07-22T18:10:00.000-05:00Yeah... I am pretty sure it's a "Martha" who makes...Yeah... I am pretty sure it's a "Martha" who makes sure I have my favorite kibble and those nice liver treats.<BR/><BR/>Go Martha.<BR/><BR/>Woof!<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>RowanLindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662429826507775390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-68369406704101807262007-07-22T17:59:00.000-05:002007-07-22T17:59:00.000-05:00..And Rowan, LOTS of good church people like Marth.....And Rowan, LOTS of good church people like Martha. I like Martha. sometimes, I am Martha. But that's another point.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-58451741998079062412007-07-22T17:58:00.000-05:002007-07-22T17:58:00.000-05:00good point, rowan! and I have talked about these ...good point, rowan! and I have talked about these things in other sermons on these texts. I do believe as well (or I wouldn't have preached about it) that these two texts are examples of how to "Love the Lord your God with all your....etc. and your neighbor as yourself."Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-42000871230378047482007-07-22T17:49:00.000-05:002007-07-22T17:49:00.000-05:00WOOF!Hi Diane,Me and my guardian are glad you are ...WOOF!<BR/>Hi Diane,<BR/>Me and my guardian are glad you are posting your sermons.<BR/><BR/>We rather like the Pharisee and the Priest in the story from last week. Lindy says that she thinks she would have been an excellent Pharisee and, because I am her loyal dog, I agree.<BR/><BR/>We like Martha too. Lindy says that there’s no point in saying which characters are good and which ones are bad. She’s really rather opposed to stuff like that. Not me. I know, for example that liver treats are good, carrot chips are bad. I am clear on that. But good and bad don’t really exist for Lindy.<BR/><BR/>Lindy says that both stories are about roles and how they entrap and define us. The Pharisee and the priest, for example, were unable to go to the wounded man for risk of becoming ritually impure. The role that they were constrained by actually prevented them from what was likely their first and higher impulse. The Samaritan, on the other hand, was already so low on the status scale that he didn’t have to worry about being ritually pure. There were no such expectations, no assigned role, for him. <BR/><BR/>Martha was simply constrained by her role too. When Jesus tells Martha that Mary has chosen the better part, he is saying that it is better not to let yourself become entrapped by the expectations of your role. He is saying that it is OK for Mary to behave like a man, that strict gender roles are out the window. Jesus just doesn’t have that sort of thing. And, while we think it’s doubtful, this sort of emancipation from what is expected would have allowed some of the men to step up and cook and clean too.<BR/><BR/>At least that’s what my guardian says. I am only a dog… hey, wait a minute, maybe I should step out of my role too. But, what to be…what to be… Not a cat, that’s for sure. Not a cat.<BR/><BR/>WOOF! WOOF!<BR/>And, my best to Scout.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>RowanLindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662429826507775390noreply@blogger.com