Having extracted my manuscript sermons from the hard drive of my poor [may its memory be a blessing to us] now-departed seven-year-old desktop, I've renewed my comittment to keep a less-fragile record of them...

From 2007, ( Persistence )

Really rough sermon I wrote -- with baby dog climbing all over my laptop -- this morning, and also, um, delivered this morning on supply (ie not at my home church.) I'm sure it would want much polishing before being delivered again -- at the very least, I'll go back and edit it to be closer to what I actually said, and to flesh out the stuff in ( Read more... )

Today's sermon proved to be pretty intense. I'm not sure reading the manuscript can convey it. I was worried that I was cutting too close to the bone, talking about loss and identity this way, but... well, it was just the right thing for the moment, I think. The congregation's response was pretty overwhelming.

So, for those who are interested, ( Who Are You? )

Hmm, I went pretty far off manuscript in my preaching today, and I'm finding my sermon hard to reconstruct in retrospect. The end, especially, is really shaky -- I think -- I hope -- I said something a bit more, hrm, inspired. But some folks who were vacationing this weekend wanted a copy, so, well, this is the best reconstruction I've been able ( Read more... )

I figured I'd make an effort to begin putting all of my manuscript sermons in one place. (This supply ministry thing has really brought home the benefits of manuscript preaching over the no-notes variety!) This is an old sermon on the ( final judgement (ooooh.) )

For those who are interested in my Sunday-morning ramblings, ( Open to God )

For those who are interested, ( Distracted )

( On Pork Chops and Mirrors )

This is one of those rare occasions in which I actually wrote most of my sermon out: ( here she is, for those who are interested! )