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Sara Bryan
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- Eau Claire, WI
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Sara Bryan's Discussions
What is God's Plan?
Replied Feb 23
Assessment tools
Replied Dec. 8, 2008
Best thing about God
Replied Oct. 24, 2008
Sara Bryan's Groups
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Calvary Confirmation C...
6 members
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Diamond Lake LC
17 members
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Go!
14 members
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Lutheran Writers Project
37 members
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NW Synod of Wisconsin
27 members
Sara's Scribble/Struggle Studio
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Thank you for being willing to share this here, Bobbie!
Greetings,
I am a pastor in Texas. I am in the "stable" of writers for Word in Season and Christ in Our Home. In addition, I have done a few past projects for Augsburg and published an Advent devotional called The Jesse Tree at Creative Communicat...
Hi Robert - Welcome to this group, which has gotten sleepy lately, I guess! I confess that I myself check Facebook more often than I check this group, but... if there were more activity, perhaps more of us would keep up with it... I appreciate tha...
I just joined this group, but it doesn't appear to have much recent activity. I note your suggestion of self-introductions for new members, and I will comply.
I hail from Upsala in central Mn, but my wife and I recently relocated to Northfield. I...
This is a lovely account of a real encounter between scripture and people!! Thank you for writing and sharing it here, Bobbie. Why no dancing/singing with Miriam? Your early "sadness at the culture" for the way women were (excluded?) makes me thin...
I hear you, Amber! "not knowing what to say / to those in pain / stuck in the rain"... I like those lines particularly. Are you part of a writer's group where you live? I, too, have been drawn to write poetically for much of my life. Now in my ear...
I recommend visiting the page of Tim Frakes to see the video clips he has created about BoF for the NW Synod of WI!
Thank you for posting these, Tim!! I just sent a link to Jim Homme, and Pastor Buresh of University Lutheran.
The video is complete! Greg, are you posting it here? (or has that been done already?)
Beautiful and important work, Tim.
Thank you for posting this, Bobbie. Seeing the images helps make it more real, less abstract... I am lacking personal contact with Palestinians, Israelis, in my own life... the more we can put real lives and faces into the big world story, the mor...
Comment Wall (45 comments)
- At 9:13pm on April 28, 2009,
bruce metcalf said…
- feel free to use whatever !!,,some of the ideas we use came from others ,some were used for adults and we modified them for the sundayschoolers !!
when we started lay school many of the students were shy about asking questions and it took several sessions for everyone to open up !! now we're like a family and probably drive the teachers a little nut's with the questions !!
What articles have you published ,,would be interested in reading them !!
bruce
- At 9:25pm on April 26, 2009,
Sara Bryan said…
- Stopping by... saying hi... I rarely visit this page anymore... I'll go to "main" to see what's happening... I just heard that Eugene Peterson will be the keynote speaker at the BoF Jubilee preceeding the Churchwide Assembly in August. That's great!
- At 2:37pm on March 23, 2009,
Sara Bryan said…
- Hey everybody, please visit Tim Frakes' page to see some of the video clips he made for Book of Faith in our synod!
- At 2:27pm on March 23, 2009,
Sara Bryan said…
- I have a confession to make. I'm more attracted to spending time on Facebook than I am spending time here. That's just the Way It Is, baby.
- At 4:31pm on December 16, 2008,
Mark Fischer said… - Hi Sara, how is the drama coming along? I hadn't heard from you for a while. We're doing a "reader's theater" of the Lukan gospel for Christmas eve. I'll let you know how it goes. Mark
- At 7:14pm on November 25, 2008,
Jayme Nelson said… - Hi Sara!
Why yes, I do have a connection to Luther! I teach there :) Thank you so much for your post - I have struggled too with reading - and I guess that's why this project appealed to me so much.
I find God's presence in my life as a teacher - I'm repeatedly reminded of God's goodness as I work with students, who in turn work with patients (I'm a nursing professor). Are you in a bible study of some sort? I'm sort of searching - my old bible study dissolved and I lack the wherewithal in gathering people together - but certainly crave the sort of discipline that regular reading and prayer can provide.
Decorah is a beautiful town - I'm glad that you had a nice time at the Writer's festival. Did you meet Nancy Barry, one of English professors? She's one of my favorite colleagues...
Thanks again for the posting - it's so nice to have someone get me started on this website.
Jayme
- At 4:46pm on November 25, 2008,
Tim Frakes said… - Absolutely!
- At 4:40pm on November 8, 2008,
Mark Fischer said…
- Hi Sara, that sounds really interesting--fun--and I think it will be really helpful in bringing the texts alive for folks. Since I serve two tiny rural congregations, I'm not sure how it would work here.
I have two folks very involved in local theater productions--and my oldest daughter who is a voice/theater/music ed. major. I'd love to help them get started in trying some new stuff out--even to the point of some drama replacing sermon on Sunday mornings. Keep me posted how its going for you! You'll be in my prayers.
- At 5:59pm on November 6, 2008,
Pastor Kay Richter said… - Sara --
It's been awhile since I read "Voyage." I might need to go back and read it again. At the moment, I'm enjoying re-reading Harry Potter, as I look forward to the release of the next movie.
Shalom,
Kay
- At 4:00pm on October 29, 2008,
Pastor Kay Richter said…
- Sara --
> Are you a fire breather at heart?
Yep. I collect dragons. My favorite is a character in several stories by Father Edward Hays. Igor the dragon is a storyteller -- just my kind of "critter"!
Shalom,
Kay
Profile Information
- What is the name of your congregation / organization?
- University Lutheran
- What is your role in your congregation / organization?
- member, small group leader
- What is most challenging about engaging in Scripture?
- my fickle, wayward mind sometimes engages, sometimes dis-engages
- Share a Bible passage that is especially meaningful to you.
- "Whom have I in heaven but you? And being with you, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25,26 (NIV)
video of me on this site
Tim Frakes interviewed me on video early in 2009. Find it by going to the main page, go to videos, and find the one called "Sara Bryan Uses the Assessment Tool."
Sara Bryan's Blog
Where I'm coming from
Allison Reno (a new BoF acquaintance) asked me to share some of my views (as I was also curious about hers) so I wrote a few introductory words on her page which I decided to boldly share with the broader blog-reading public, here:
About me that reveals my views...? Some favorite authors: Annie Dillard, James Carse, Sue Monk Kidd, Frederick Buechner, Thomas Moore ("Care of the Soul"). Was raised in Lutheran Free church and Lutheran Brethren. Felt pressure to "lead my friends to Jesus" but truth… Continue
About me that reveals my views...? Some favorite authors: Annie Dillard, James Carse, Sue Monk Kidd, Frederick Buechner, Thomas Moore ("Care of the Soul"). Was raised in Lutheran Free church and Lutheran Brethren. Felt pressure to "lead my friends to Jesus" but truth… Continue
Posted on September 29, 2008 at 8:21am — 4 Comments
Dry Spells
9/24/08
For a month or so I was “on fire” about Book of Faith, and Getting Back Into Scripture and so forth… then one night at Bible Study I sorta hit a wall. Saturation. “Enough for now.” So I talked about that with the group, and they all agreed that “dry” times come and go. It’s just a reality of being human. Good to admit it to each other… that’s my only comment for today.
For a month or so I was “on fire” about Book of Faith, and Getting Back Into Scripture and so forth… then one night at Bible Study I sorta hit a wall. Saturation. “Enough for now.” So I talked about that with the group, and they all agreed that “dry” times come and go. It’s just a reality of being human. Good to admit it to each other… that’s my only comment for today.
Posted on September 24, 2008 at 9:37pm —
Need for Healing
I want to write about my experience with Book of Faith as a member of University Lutheran in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 2008. I want to write about my experience with Book of Faith as a lifelong “agonized Christian” who often sympathizes with agnostics, struggles within her faith, questions and wonders. I want to write about filling out one of the “Assessment Tool” forms (with questions along the lines of “how was the Bible used in your family growing up?”) and being surprised by an upwelling of e… Continue
Posted on September 14, 2008 at 3:02pm — 2 Comments
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