{"id":32849,"date":"2016-04-21T13:33:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=32849"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:47:39","slug":"preparing-for-a-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/21\/preparing-for-a-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32851\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/quinnanya\/7162233690\/in\/photolist-bUUjxL-cPuHEm-itZGQ-pGhvtx-4GeJfC-64zALW-8TYo2u-4oERGc-6JAf9e-mb5M3c-oGgnBE-bd6mvv-bMsmRM-F2MXL-dVGJ6R-jsTRF7-fvBfdA-eibu3k-a6r9N9-8tneaL-oaqzhQ-LWUi3-4qK57a-5FYsnB-5JpSxC-csC8Gd-bQLX5H-hYroJE-4PyMUe-9jLLUa-66DWLB-696vwE-gD5YnL-jHQpuo-71CXzq-ytTZQ-71yWKg-ajjA4Z-71CX2m-9ebcnC-6DBfE9-rkx9uB-5wEcSB-C1bn1x-psE1XF-86eAXh-a6Fvx5-bdPven-bmKnwo-8NBwpN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32851\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/7162233690_c5b163d6f2_m.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. -KV&quot; scrawled on a wall.\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Quinn Dombrowski, flickr, CC-by-sa-2.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was asked to preach at a Vespers service at the Institute for Church Life here at Notre Dame last week, and they very kindly hosted the reflection on the Church Life website. The topic is the Easter season for those of us in academic life, who are extremely rushed right now. <a href=\"http:\/\/churchlife.nd.edu\/2016\/04\/18\/easter-in-the-busyness\/\">&#8220;Easter in the busyness.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I thought it might be interesting, here at PrayTell, to share brief remarks on how I prepare to write a reflection like this, or like the similarly short pieces for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give Us This Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These will probably make the most sense after you&#8217;ve read the reflection itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, I consider the tenor of the liturgical year. I like to think of liturgical preaching as <\/span><b>the scriptures steeped (like tea) in the water of the time at hand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or as set (like a gem) in the metal of the current season.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32850\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/agirlwithtea\/5902841203\/in\/photolist-9ZBB3c-wbMFb-9DZK2T-9DZK8n-8GbYUn-fwF2m-7QaeGA-wbMEM-cdCKc-o4PWrr-fTEXXw-a42Xc-vFobD-9DZJX8-dEax9J-5zDV2k-aGMdw-8E831P-i3iTKA-6NoZ9Y-CvJMMa-i4t8QX-i3iCur-i2KLwU-exPu3k-7dweuQ-i4tM3R-9a9xL7-6NoZfU-6NoZ6Y-i1eAP3-6vsrgR-i66BwS-i7f42e-i2KHFU-i3iMVm-7piizc-a43e7-43kWN8-i4tN1T-bE3BT4-452owL-4DD53W-b6SMv8-e5Pimo-5xRc91-LBuVg-z4E2j-6tGGmR-i7rXpu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32850\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/5902841203_f4f640040a_m.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by A Girl With Tea, flickr, CC-by-2.0.\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by A Girl With Tea, flickr, CC-by-2.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. Next, I consider the assembly. <\/span><b>What are their characteristic sorrows and joys, hopes and anxieties, as they gather for worship?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In this case, this was particularly easy, as I myself am prey to the same overcommitment at this time of the semester that I hazarded the assembly I was joining would feel. This was exacerbated by the time of day, since the Vespers service was at 5:15 pm, with many coming from another commitment and headed to yet other commitments in the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3. I read through the scriptures for the day, trying to see them through the assembly\u2019s eyes. What lines seem to \u201cdraw near,\u201d as I put it in this reflection, to their experience right now? What parts are trying to open their hearts to a new vision or might breathe encouragement into their minds? I think it\u2019s essential not to do the reading of the scriptures first, and end with the ways the assembly might hear them. Instead, I try to put on the lens of the assembly\u2019s hearing of the scriptures right at the outset. Here, it was <\/span><b>the futility depicted in the Psalm, which is the experience of those who do <\/b><b><i>not<\/i><\/b><b> entrust themselves to God\u2019s help<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but which reflects, for many of us, the experience of being stressed or overwhelmed. This highlighted the main message the scriptures had to offer to the assembly: the perspective that God alone is able to complete the work of the kingdom (a strong Resurrection message).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>I find<\/strong><b> the ways that the scriptures resonate with one another.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> From this first insight, I noticed the abundant imagery of God\u2019s all-sufficient power in the two Psalms, and its application to Christ the Risen Lord of Creation in Colossians and Hebrews. The happy fact that the parable of the lazy farmer can be told in one sentence gave me a way to connect the grain imagery in the Psalms with Christ the \u201cfirst-born of creation,\u201d \u201cfirst born from the dead,\u201d and the High Priest who alone and once for all accomplishes salvation. I didn\u2019t want to miss an opportunity to treat \u201cephapax\u201d in an irenic way. Finally, and at the last moment, I recollected \u201cNow the Green Blade Rises,\u201d and concluded with the title for <\/span><b>Christ the risen grain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which completed the shift in perspective <\/span><b>from overburdened workers to weeping sowers hoping for an eschatological harvest.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Ensure<\/strong><b> that the language reflects the message and the liturgical season.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Here an interesting thing happened: the editor changed one word of my reflection to fit with its transfer from oral proclamation to on the blog screen. I probably wouldn\u2019t have even noticed, except to me, the word chosen stands in tension with the central message and the Easter vision. Who can guess what word it is?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How does this compare to the way others among you prepare for preaching?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to preach at a Vespers service at the Institute for Church Life here at Notre Dame last week, and they very kindly hosted the reflection on the Church Life website. 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