Lay-It-Down Love -- Leonard Sweet, Premiered 09 May 2021, LenTalk #60 (#MothersDay)

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Lectionary Passages Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 This is a "Mother's Day" meditation that flows from the semiotics of the lectionary readings from John the Apostle, where water and blood is highlighted. There are two symbols of life: Two signs of “giving life:” Water and Blood. Water in particular symbolizes life source and sustenance. Blood in particular symbolizes life redemption and salvation. Water is so pervasive an image in early Christianity, starting with the ichthus (image of the fish) that Tertullian called Christianity a “relgio aquae.” I wrote a book on "Aqua Church.” But I was tempted to call it “Religio Aquae.” Or Faith’s Foundation is a Fountain. In an amazing book by historian Caroline Walker Bynum, the first woman appointed University Professor at Columbia University, entitled Wonderful Blood and The Resurrection of the Body (1995),, Bynum shows how, in the medieval world, when people thought of blood they thought of “living” and “life” . . . Blood was the key to building community to the point where there was a saying about both slaying for the table and slaying for triumph over enemies: “Those who slay together stay together.” For the story of the sacrificial ox being offered food so that it would nod, thus indicating it was willing to die that others may live off its food, see Frederic Raphael, Antiquity Matters (Yale University Press, 2017), 126-127. We would love for you to hit the "subscribe" button for these vlogs. Don't forget to Hit the Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Support Len’s Ministry through his 510-c-3 “SpiritVenture Ministires” (SVM) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Become a SpiritVenture Ministries (SVM) Supporter at $9/month or a Tribe of Issachar Member at $49/month https://preachthestory.com/cart/​ Follow Leonard Sweet on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonard.sweet​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lensweet​ (Sweet’s daily micro-blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lensweet​ (Sweet’s daily blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preachthestory​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/preac... (Specifically for preachers and others who love those who preach) Access sermons, conferences, and more Leonard Sweet activities: https://preachthestory.com/​ (hundreds of written sermons) https://www.facebook.com/thesalishsea... (Sweet’s newest publications) https://salishsea.press/​ https://the-salish.com​ (Orcas Island getaway cottages for board, staff and church advances (aka “retreats”) #LeonardSweet #MothersDay #JesusLove #Blood #Water

Topics

• Love & Compassion