Apr 05 | Gettin’ my preach on

So I’m preaching at Christ Church Cathedral this Sunday.

WHICH IS FREAKING ME OUT.

It’s actually not that bad. ;)

I am a little nervous, but I have a first draft, and that’s better than my last sermon, which got written on the day it was preached! I tried to promise myself I’d never do that months ago but…yeah. We all know how that goes down. My mentor Father Markus would shake his head. I do think it’s funny that I’m also preaching on Easter 2 again. This time I’m talking about Revelation, not Thomas. We’ve heard enough about him, heh heh.

Ooh ooh I also had this really great article written about me by a friend! I’m super flattered!

This weekend may be a bit of a slog. I’ve got a couple thousand words to write for Healing Across Cultures, taught by the inimitable Wendy Fletcher, who’s one of my favourite theologians. I want to be just like her when I grow up. For my project/paper, I’m exploring exorcism and seeing what it’s like to put in dialogue with self-harm. I know I’m not the only person writing about exorcism so by God it’ll get a weird spin from me, heh.

Aside from that, I’ve also got a presentation for the Prophets class, taught by the also-inimitable Pat Dutcher-Walls – the best damn Hebrew Bible prof this side of…anywhere? I don’t know. I’m a seminarian – I shall only posit. It’s a team project – my friend Maryann and I will be presenting the story of Jonah with Godly Play. If I get ordained to a place where there are kids I would love for my Dad to carve me a Godly Play set. It’s a really great way to teach Scripture, and not just to kids!

I’ll post my sermon here after it’s been through some revisions. In the meantime, I might post some old poetry.

LOVE.

-Clarity