Katy Dickinson

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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20080904 Thursday September 04, 2008

Excellence in Preaching

My home church of St. Andrew's Episcopal is hosting a free three part series on how to listen and what to look for in sermons. Three remarkably gifted, different, and distinguished speakers and authors will each have one day to preach twice (at 8 am and 10 am) and then offer a ninety minute seminar (11:30 am - 1 pm):

    • 14 September 2008: Rev. Donald Schell, All Saints Company Consultant and Creative Director and founder of St. Gregory's, San Francisco
    • 26 October 2008: Rev. Dr. Rebecca Lyman, Professor Emerita of History, Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), Berkeley
    • 16 November 2008: Rev. Dr. Bill Countryman, Professor Emeritus of Biblical studies, Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), Berkeley

The series is designed to better equip the listener to recognize and respond to different preaching styles - and to appreciate even those styles that may differ from personal preference. All are welcome, whether or not they are members of the Episcopal church. For more information, please call 408-867-3493.

I am particularly looking forward to hearing the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Lyman again as I very much enjoyed reading her 1999 history Early Christian Traditions. My favorite passage from that work: "Whereas uniformity requires enforcement, consistency demands discernment. Discernment is a more complicated task, requiring that we recognize the fundamental similarities between apparent differences. Many of the ancient struggles over theology and authority reflect this difficult institutional and personal process."

Posted at 02:45PM Sep 04, 2008 by katysblog in Church  | 

wp668.org - WP668 Caboose Story

I have been adding photos and information to the new WP668 railroad caboose home page at http://wp668.org. By putting the history of our backyard caboose out there, I hope I will be contacted by people who have additional photos or stories. It may also be of use to others starting on a similar project. (Surprisingly, I have been contacted by several such people in the last few years.) I am pleased now to have one place for a summary and key image archive on WP668. I am mostly finished with http://wp668.org, even though I keep thinking of more stuff to add.

Posted at 01:56PM Sep 04, 2008 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  |