Comments on: Come and Get Me, Jesus http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/ The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: greenseagirl http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8551 greenseagirl Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:41:48 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8551 It's a wonderful sermon. It's only been posted for a few days and I've already read and re-read it, and am probably going to read it again and print it out so I can re-read it some more as needed. Your early interpretation of Jesus as Zombie, even as we chuckle, gets at the way I think perhaps a lot of people feel about him (it is weird, it is startling, it does create some fear, this idea of coming back to life). I like the emphasis the sermon places on the responsibility people have to seek their own healing, and to seek (like the parents of the dead child) healing on behalf of those who are not able to do so themselves. To ask is an act of humility, and of faith, apparently both necessary for healing to happen. What I struggle with is the idea of being draining, of tiring Jesus out with requests for help. I had this idea long before reading your sermon-- of not wanting to be a bother, having already received so much, of not wanting to trouble someone who has more important work to do (this goes for Jesus, my professors, my friends, my family, most people I can think of). But I think there is, somewhere in the Bible (I should go read it), an invitation by Jesus to ask for what we need. Going to go read. "Seek and ye shall find." It’s a wonderful sermon. It’s only been posted for a few days and I’ve already read and re-read it, and am probably going to read it again and print it out so I can re-read it some more as needed. Your early interpretation of Jesus as Zombie, even as we chuckle, gets at the way I think perhaps a lot of people feel about him (it is weird, it is startling, it does create some fear, this idea of coming back to life).

I like the emphasis the sermon places on the responsibility people have to seek their own healing, and to seek (like the parents of the dead child) healing on behalf of those who are not able to do so themselves. To ask is an act of humility, and of faith, apparently both necessary for healing to happen.

What I struggle with is the idea of being draining, of tiring Jesus out with requests for help. I had this idea long before reading your sermon– of not wanting to be a bother, having already received so much, of not wanting to trouble someone who has more important work to do (this goes for Jesus, my professors, my friends, my family, most people I can think of). But I think there is, somewhere in the Bible (I should go read it), an invitation by Jesus to ask for what we need. Going to go read. “Seek and ye shall find.”

]]> By: Mary Clara http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8476 Mary Clara Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:47:21 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8476 This sermon goes BANG! Love it. This sermon goes BANG! Love it.

]]> By: Mary Ann http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8457 Mary Ann Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:52:50 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8457 I really like this. Thanks. I really like this. Thanks.

]]> By: Mars Girl http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8380 Mars Girl Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:13:57 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8380 Peacebang, you make a former atheist not afraid to like Christianity... I've been grappling with things of the spiritual nature lately... I have this urge to believe, but my own fear of the "zombie" nature of Christianity keeps me from looking at the true message sometimes. Thanks for sharing your vision with a wider audience than your congregation. (You should thank NPR for the special highlight on your blog that caused me to look for you.) Peacebang, you make a former atheist not afraid to like Christianity… I’ve been grappling with things of the spiritual nature lately… I have this urge to believe, but my own fear of the “zombie” nature of Christianity keeps me from looking at the true message sometimes. Thanks for sharing your vision with a wider audience than your congregation. (You should thank NPR for the special highlight on your blog that caused me to look for you.)

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8334 Cynthia Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:26:41 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8334 <i>the living incarnation of God’s vision of how we should behave with one another</i><i> Amen.</i> the living incarnation of God’s vision of how we should behave with one another

Amen.

]]> By: kate setzer kamphausen http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8318 kate setzer kamphausen Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:58:18 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8318 So beautiful. I particularly liked "he definitely had a knack for showing up and filling atheist intellectuals like me with the sudden irrational desire to follow him." So beautiful!!!!!! I am sure even the popper-inners who didn't expect to encounter Jesus on their lunch hour were touched by this. I thank you for it. So beautiful. I particularly liked “he definitely had a knack for showing up and filling atheist intellectuals like me with the sudden irrational desire to follow him.” So beautiful!!!!!!

I am sure even the popper-inners who didn’t expect to encounter Jesus on their lunch hour were touched by this. I thank you for it.

]]> By: RFSJ http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8312 RFSJ Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:02:32 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8312 PB, Wonderful sermon - thank you for sharing it. I love the Zombie image! RFSJ+ PB,

Wonderful sermon - thank you for sharing it. I love the Zombie image!

RFSJ+

]]> By: jinnis http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8303 jinnis Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8303 I like it a lot. Thank you for your message. And it just so happens I am checking out your blog probably right as you are about to preach. I'll share the service in spirit from my time zone. Best wishes I like it a lot. Thank you for your message. And it just so happens I am checking out your blog probably right as you are about to preach. I’ll share the service in spirit from my time zone.

Best wishes

]]> By: PeaceBang http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8298 PeaceBang Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:14:01 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8298 Yes, it is. Hard to know who the "audience" is since it's very seldom members of the congregation but folks who stop in on their lunch hour-- are they even interested in Jesus? Are they seekers? I had to make some decisions about what might minister to at least one person. Hope the Holy Spirit sees us through. Yes, it is. Hard to know who the “audience” is since it’s very seldom members of the congregation but folks who stop in on their lunch hour– are they even interested in Jesus? Are they seekers? I had to make some decisions about what might minister to at least one person. Hope the Holy Spirit sees us through.

]]> By: The Eclectic Cleric http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8294 The Eclectic Cleric Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:01:06 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/10/09/come-and-get-me-jesus/#comment-8294 Inspiring message Sister PB. This is for the midweek noonday congregation at the King's Chapel, n'est pas? Hope you save many souls.... Inspiring message Sister PB. This is for the midweek noonday congregation at the King’s Chapel, n’est pas? Hope you save many souls….

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