I totally think your daughter should become a 'cat lady'. After all, 'cat cafe's' are a thing now! Who knows what other 'cat lady' vocations there are...
Thanks - I’ve got to lead a short series on liturgy/the liturgical calendar soon for some middle and high school kids. I’ve been working on a frame…something like orienting our lives around our own events vs. around Jesus’ “events”, but this is really helpful for making that not such a strong dichotomy, while still helping me think I’m on the right track.
Huh. (That's the sound of gear wheels locking into place and beginning to grind grist.) This rings true. This is why my pastor's sermons feel two dimensional. I sketch - note through sermons to stay focused, but without a narrative, I only have abstractions to record, a dry collection of sentences. I'm a writer /storyteller and want to do so much better than the tripe I often encountered in Christian fiction. (Good news: excellent Christian authors have broken out of that mold.) I wish my earnest pastor would learn the value of a compelling narrative, one that slips past the gate keepers with the key to open the doors of longing. The gospel is a fairy tale with the power to make us kings and queens in an enduring kingdom.
I totally think your daughter should become a 'cat lady'. After all, 'cat cafe's' are a thing now! Who knows what other 'cat lady' vocations there are...
Thanks - I’ve got to lead a short series on liturgy/the liturgical calendar soon for some middle and high school kids. I’ve been working on a frame…something like orienting our lives around our own events vs. around Jesus’ “events”, but this is really helpful for making that not such a strong dichotomy, while still helping me think I’m on the right track.
Huh. (That's the sound of gear wheels locking into place and beginning to grind grist.) This rings true. This is why my pastor's sermons feel two dimensional. I sketch - note through sermons to stay focused, but without a narrative, I only have abstractions to record, a dry collection of sentences. I'm a writer /storyteller and want to do so much better than the tripe I often encountered in Christian fiction. (Good news: excellent Christian authors have broken out of that mold.) I wish my earnest pastor would learn the value of a compelling narrative, one that slips past the gate keepers with the key to open the doors of longing. The gospel is a fairy tale with the power to make us kings and queens in an enduring kingdom.
Yes, exactly what I’m trying to say. Glad it landed with you.