So beautiful. Loved all of this (and your family pictures, too!). Reminds me of Wendell Berry's wise words: "What we need is here." And what a gift that your professor gave you the confidence to know God is always making a way within you, for those who need your words.
At the Theology Institute that I went to to get my Deacon credentials and also CE credits. I was told during a discussion with one of the newer Instructors that you can't craft a believable sermon, in advance.
I looked at her; challenge accepted. I spent most of my free time for two days looking at and around a bible verse, which was only the Lectionary schedule 3 or 4 weeks from then. I finished it up by the 3rd day, found her again, and said:
Here, the sermon you said was impossible to write.
Okay, to be fair, both she and you just now, said that part of the sermon is what is going on around you, or what may happen to you that morning. But the bulk of it, the text, doesn't change that much, especially in the ELCA with a 3-year lectionary, the 4th year being a repeat of Year One.
Thanks for this, Kim! <3
Thanks!
Love this, Kim!!
Thank you! Glad to hear writing alongside you and doing this work!
Your words are such an encouragement, Kim!
Also, I always love your blessings.🙏🏻❤️
Thank you! I’ve been going where the energy takes me and blessings keep coming up!
I definitely screenshot this advice and I'm filing it away for my own writing life. Thank you for your wise words!
I keep coming back to them too!
Loved this, Kim! So encouraging!
Thanks friend!
So beautiful. Loved all of this (and your family pictures, too!). Reminds me of Wendell Berry's wise words: "What we need is here." And what a gift that your professor gave you the confidence to know God is always making a way within you, for those who need your words.
Thank you Laura! Writing those words from Wendell berry down!
I’ve honestly always wondered how preaching pastors can write and deliver full sermons every week! I felt so encouraged by this post 💗
Thank you friend! It’s definitely a muscle to be built and you do get in the rhythm of always looking with gospel eyes at the world.
Thanks for your encouragement!! I appreciate it.
Thank you for reading! Hope you’re staying warm and inside these days!
At the Theology Institute that I went to to get my Deacon credentials and also CE credits. I was told during a discussion with one of the newer Instructors that you can't craft a believable sermon, in advance.
I looked at her; challenge accepted. I spent most of my free time for two days looking at and around a bible verse, which was only the Lectionary schedule 3 or 4 weeks from then. I finished it up by the 3rd day, found her again, and said:
Here, the sermon you said was impossible to write.
Okay, to be fair, both she and you just now, said that part of the sermon is what is going on around you, or what may happen to you that morning. But the bulk of it, the text, doesn't change that much, especially in the ELCA with a 3-year lectionary, the 4th year being a repeat of Year One.