I'm now a fan of this pastor of the Uniting Church in Lyneham. I met her about a month ago at a memorial service of Charlie our oldest choir member. She did a fantastic service and really knew what Charlie was all about. Understood his essence. After, she came to the wake and I had a quick chat to her. She said that my body language shows I'm a thinker and that I take part in the service rather than let it wash over me. We got stuck into talking about hell and how I don't believe in it and that I don't believe allot of what the Catholic Church are teaching. I said I don't know if I will stay Catholic for ever but I'm struggling with the dryness of it all. I was so impressed with her I sent her a card telling her what I really liked about her service and the way she is. She probably thinks I am a nutter. Ive not been back to the Catholic Church since then.
Yesterday I decided that I would go to her service and there was a baptism on. She seemed to anticipate my questions and answered them in her sermon. It was a very different communion service to the one I am used to. There was allot of love there and the way she held the baby and handled the baby was different to how the male priests do that. She said right at the start that babies and children are welcome and there is nothing any baby or child could do in the church that would not be right and if parents wanted to use a kitchen out side the church they were welcome. She spoke about Rebbecca and how they assessed her for marriage and how she (Theresa) would never have passed such a physical test of watering all the camels. I so laughed. Shes got a good sense of humour too.
I found this quote by her "Let us give thanks for the ability to be able to love another human person, to desire them, and to rest in the trust that is generated". I like it and I am going back for more of her sermons. And I sent her another card.....
Yesterday I decided that I would go to her service and there was a baptism on. She seemed to anticipate my questions and answered them in her sermon. It was a very different communion service to the one I am used to. There was allot of love there and the way she held the baby and handled the baby was different to how the male priests do that. She said right at the start that babies and children are welcome and there is nothing any baby or child could do in the church that would not be right and if parents wanted to use a kitchen out side the church they were welcome. She spoke about Rebbecca and how they assessed her for marriage and how she (Theresa) would never have passed such a physical test of watering all the camels. I so laughed. Shes got a good sense of humour too.
I found this quote by her "Let us give thanks for the ability to be able to love another human person, to desire them, and to rest in the trust that is generated". I like it and I am going back for more of her sermons. And I sent her another card.....
Just waiting for a restraining order to arrive now.
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