text: amma talk - the little way: thinking about the F-Word
  Posted by Marilyn at 4:20 AM
  way to put yourself in a tense middle kind of place. it's brave and rare to volunteer oneself as a bridge, and involves alot of being stepped on. i pray it facilitates a good conversation for the congregation you're serving.
  I have struggled mightily with the f-word - trying to find a label that might adequately encompass everything I bring to my struggle to live well as a Christian and a woman. I have no label that works, but boy do I understand why that conversation would hurt. Being dismissed through the use of that word diminishes and devalues your message and your journey. I would like to shake that man.
  This hurts my heart for you. I loved that sermon.
  Is that sermon available on-line? I'd love to hear it!
  jill rosalie said...
  ditto Kellie's comment! I would LOVE to hear it!
  My parents went to Foothills when you preached a mother's day sermon there some time ago on Compassion. They gave it to me on tape, and I have listened to it over and over again and shared it with others. It was a huge blessing to me.
  I was there for the sermon and other presentations that you have given. You know how you much I love you and the truth that you bring to the church, both women and men. It was after a particular talk that I was speaking to some friends, sharing how moved I had been by your wisdom and truth, and much to my surprise they were angry. They heard all kinds of things that you didn't say. I realized by the things that they said that they were listening through the filter of their own fear and insecurities. I always wondered how people who walked in His day could reject Jesus who was the embodiment of pure, untainted love. Now I understand. People listen to support their fear and insecurities instead of embracing the truth in love.
  I was encouraged and inspired by that sermon. Thank you for being someone who does name the "elephant in the room" and initiate real conversation.
  I was recently convicted of my responsibility to speak words of affirmation and thanks as part of the body of Christ. Somehow I had assumed those good things were being said...only to realize it's often the opposite.