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[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] mindful of mercy

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:01:34 UT

Advent 1 - Year C

be careful what you wish for
a cloud full of power
sounds good now
great greasy gopher glory
has its appeal
oh the shaking
that now attracts
is a journey down a wrong track

remember st. jimi h
“When the power of love
overcomes the love of power,
the world will know peace.”

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] 11/26/2009 06:46:00 AM

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:06:58 UT

Advent 1 - Year C

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

A thanksgiving pericope on Thanksgiving Day. The focus here, though, is
not storing up enough turkey energy to arise early for Black Friday
shopping. This thanksgiving is much more personal.

"How can we thank G*D enough for you in return for all the joy that we

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Psalm 25:1-10

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:17:33 UT

Advent 1 - Year C

Psalm 25:1-10

This is almost an acrostic psalm. Problem is, two letters are missing
and two doubled. Likely this reflects changes it has undergone in its
transmission. If so, what is an originalist, a literalist, to do?

One thing available with the broken pattern is for us to be open to

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Jeremiah 33:14-16

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:42:34 UT

Advent 1 - Year C

Jeremiah 33:14-16

What does it mean to live in the midst of a promise being fulfilled? It
is to find righteousness by continuing to live as though the promise
were already true.

Stanley Hauerwas speaks of Advent being Patience, "G*D has made us a
people of promise in a world of impatience." He goes on to speak of

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Luke 21:25-36

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:04:14 UT

Advent 1 - Year C

Luke 21:25-36

Life is uncertain in its details. [Note G*D, not Devil, is concerned
with the details.]

A basic choice presented with this piece of Gospel writing reflects a
disaster inflicted upon Jerusalem and its Temple and how that and other
persecutions made it seem as though there was nothing to currently rely

belonging

wesley.t...@gmail.com (Wesley White) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:51:42 UT

Pentecost Last - Year B

belonging

my presence
is not only from this world
but is very much
in and for and with
this world

no need to fight
over this
I simply am
and so are you
to such we testify

belonging to this world
eventually
we will tell the truth
listen to each other
mature together

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Revelation 1:4b-8

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:12 UT

Pentecost +Last - Year B

Revelation 1:4b-8

Sometimes we find ourselves saying more than we know. In a conflictual
setting we sometimes only know we want to replace some negative with a
positive rather than moving on to a new paradigm. This happens here in
the description of Jesus in verse 5. If nasty old Babylon/Rome has a

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Psalm 132:1-12

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:23:16 UT

Pentecost +Last - Year B

Psalm 132:1-12

G*D needs a rest. Too much wandering around outside of Eden and coming
up with new responses to these very creative humans packed to
overflowing with cosmic energy.

G*D needs a rest. Too many promises to too many people. Too many
expectations. Too many covenant revisions and new creations.

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] 2 Samuel 23:1-7

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:23:44 UT

Pentecost +Last - Year B

2 Samuel 23:1-7

In looking back, David cuts through the good and absence of good to
summarize a road better taken even though it is not In looking back,
David cuts through the good and absence of good to summarize a road
better taken even though it is not descriptive of his own journey. If

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] John 18:33-37

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:38:53 UT

Pentecost +Last - Year B
John 18:33-37
We have moved during this Pentecost season from John 15:26, back in
June, to John 18:37, this fourth week of November.
We moved from a promise to send a Spirit of truth to help folks
“testify” on behalf of Jesus, who, now, himself, testifies to a
truthful life.

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Idol Talk

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:33:00 UT

Pentecost +24 - Year B
Idols come in all sizes. Some are Temple-sized. Some are family-sized.
Some are assurance-of-salvation sized.
Usually we are inconvenienced by idol talk to such an extent that we
cannot identify that we are in an idolatrous mode. Should we come to
the conclusion that we are relying on an idol for our identity, we will

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:07:52 UT

Pentecost +24 - Year B
Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25
It is verse 18 that offers a better approach to sacrifice than a mega-
or metasacrifice. If forgiveness operates, sacrifice becomes moot.
Using this approach we might then work toward a priesthood of all based
on forgiveness. In this way we would affirm that every priest, day

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Psalm 16

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:03:50 UT

Pentecost +24 - Year B
Psalm 16
The opening phrase from verse 8, “I am ever mindful of the LORD’s
presence” was frequently used for meditation within the kabbalistic
tradition. As such, it is often inscribed on the Ark or at the front of
the synagogue.
One can play varying traditions off against one another, even if it

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] 1 Samuel 1:14-20

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:45:27 UT

Pentecost +24 - Year B
1 Samuel 1:14-20
In Mark we have stones, already built together, falling apart. In
Samuel, Hannah is pursuing a keystone for her life to put in place.
Whether from a perspective of things frozen in place or a lack of
something to hold on to (Remember Martin Buber’s descriptions of evil)

[Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Dialogue] Mark 13:1-8

wwh...@wisconsinumc.org (Wesley White) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:14 UT

Pentecost +24 - Year B
Mark 13:1-8
The destruction of the Temple in 70 CE becomes but the first of the
birthpangs of new life after Mark’s abrupt ending of fleeing women.
Another reflection on the significance of Temple destruction, written
about the same time as Mark or just after, is found in the Apocalypse