Please see below for convoluted explanations about Sermoneets…
Sermoneets, etc. for Sunday, February 26, 2012 (1st Sunday of Lent)
February 6, 2012 – Mark 1:9-15 What! John dunks Jesus again! Scripture so often repeats itself. But I need a rerun: even when dry, baptism invites me to risk trusting God.
February 7, 2012 – Genesis 9:8-17 We of the book, Jews, Christians & Muslims, are a rainbow people. God, drenched by human storms, vows: now & forever…only My love.
February 8, 2012 – Psalm 25:1-10 Once with peach fuzz, now a grey beard, I follow God. All the tumbles on the path: youthful sins, old wounds. Still, God calls, “Let’s go!”
February 9, 2012 – I Peter 3:18-22 More watery Bible stories, with baptism not an old bath to scrub grime away, but a new flood of God’s hope to refresh the Christ-like soul.
February 10, 2012 – A tweet from draft of next week’s And Yet reflection Baptism is done 1) by sprinkling 2) by dunking 3) tap water 4) holy water 5) in a river 6) once 7) many times 
anyway I darn well please.
February 11, 2012 - if I preached tomorrow, what’s on my mind/heart? I was dunked for baptism. Pastor wore hip-waders; I had white shirt, skinny tie. But it’s always wet & wild. God says: get dry & get going!
Sermoneets, etc. for Sunday, March 4, 2012 (2nd Sunday of Lent)
February 13, 2012 – Mark 8:31-38 Suffering, rejection & cross-bearing…isn’t following Jesus fun! Good ole Jesus, always blunt: loving God, neighbor & self ain’t for wimps.
February 14, 2012 – Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Claimed by the Lord, Abram is Abraham & Sarah trades I for H. Then & now, names matter. God doesn’t say, “Hey you,” but calls YOUR name.
February 15, 2012 – Psalm 22:23-31 1st, 2nd or 3rd person, you & me & we can, shall, must praise God. The Lord is the ruler: measuring you & me & we with present-tense love.
February 16, 2012 – Romans 4:13-25 St. Paul be giddy over God: it’s faith, not rules…God loves us!!! Alas, Christians will soon twist Paul into a lawman more than a lover.
February 17, 2012 - A tweet from draft of next week’s And Yet reflection What does your name mean? What about your nicknames? What do you call your lover or best friend when it’s only the two of you together?
February 18, 2012 – if I preached tomorrow, what’s on my mind/heart? God vowed Abraham would be a “parent of many nations.” How does Abraham seal the deal? Circumcision. Eeek! A Holy ouch begins a human hope.
Sermoneets, etc. for Sunday, March 11, 2012 (3rd Sunday of Lent)
February 20, 2012 – John 2:13-22 Jesus was angry a few times. Once he yelled at people emailing spam. OK, not true. But too much marketing and too little faith irked him.
February 21, 2012 – Exodus 20:1-17 Barbossa in “Pirates” flick says, “The code is more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual rules.” But 10 Commandments? Rules to love by!
February 22, 2012 – Psalm 19 O God, keep me from insolent people. And keep me from gazing in the mirror and seeing one. Instead, help me witness today’s sublime gifts.
What the heck is a Sermoneet?
A sermoneet is another play on the word Tweet. In the private dictionary of my bizarre mind, a sermoneet is a tweet-friendly sermon. I coulda used homileet or tweaching, but sermoneet seemed the least worst.
Tweeting flummoxes me. I’m frustrated by the limit of 140 words/spaces. Twitter’s distinctive features, like hashmarks (“#”), mostly prompt a “huh?” from me. And then, adding befuddlement to confusion, random pictures of semi-nude women arrive in my Twitter account, seeking to follow or be followed by me. Huh?
However, brevity can have value. So, I shall attempt sermoneets…
Confession: I won’t tweet to build community. If you follow me, great! Maybe an occasional sermoneet will inspire you. But if you want to engage with me in community, using the wonders of the Internet to chat, respond, debate . . . please link to me (or invite me to link to you) by Facebook, email, or through my blog.
Confession #2: The phrase “Don’t preach to me” (and all of its sarcastic cousins) drives me whacky. A good sermon doesn’t belittle a listener, point a superior finger at an inferior sinner, or spread guilt like manure. With these silly sermoneets I will try (though often fail) to “preach” so a listener/reader is uplifted, challenged, amused, and–best of all–has one more way of deepening the relationship between the Holy and the human.
My Plan….
For my own spiritual life (and as inspiration for a weekly reflection I post on this site) I read one lectionary lesson each morning, Monday-Thursday. On Friday, I write a first draft of the next week’s reflection. On Saturday, I make revisions. On Sunday, a day of rest (?!), I avoid work. Boring, eh? But it’s my discipline!!
The lectionary lessons I read are for a Sunday two or so weeks down the road. Why read/write for a future Sunday? Because I foolishly desire to create a reflection (and now a sermoneet) to help others prepare for preaching or teaching or “whatever.” Please, if you borrow a phrase or story, at least mumble my name…don’t plagiarize!
My public tweet, er sermoneet, won’t include the Bible verses. Not enough twitter space! But, if you want to know which scripture inspires me, I’ll list it with the date and Biblical reference. I’ll keep current and past sermoneet’s posted here for a few weeks . . . again, space considerations!
This will be my weekly routine:
Monday – Sermoneet
Tuesday – Sermoneet
Wednesday – Sermoneet
Thursday – Sermoneet
Friday – A tweet from draft of next week’s And Yet reflection
Saturday – A tweet wondering: if I preached tomorrow, what’s on my mind/heart?
Sunday – Rest
If you want to learn more about the Revised Common Lectionary, the sites I love are Textweek, Deacon Sil’s and Vanderbilt. They all know lots more than I do…
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