http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/07/12/discomfort-in-preaching/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/07/12/discomfort-in-preaching/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Emergent for the Small Church : presbymergent Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:40:01 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=418#comment-1739 [...] past Sunday I had the pleasure and challenge of filling in for the pastor of my church to preach and lead worship (putting that M.Div. to work). [...] [...] past Sunday I had the pleasure and challenge of filling in for the pastor of my church to preach and lead worship (putting that M.Div. to work). [...]

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/07/12/discomfort-in-preaching/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Looney Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:03:56 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=418#comment-1643 I started to preach when the main pastor's duties and the political entanglement with the elders became so strenuous that he had no choice but to reach down into the bottom of the barrel and, well, ... I found myself standing at the pulpit with a congregation in front of me, while I depended on all my engineering skills at PowerPoint together with my experiences as I sifted through the Bible to find something that would be relevant. Given the all consuming preparation, the final result after the delivery was little more than a numbness from mental fatigue - a complete relaxation given that the stress of preparation (typical over a two to three week period) was finally gone. I started to preach when the main pastor's duties and the political entanglement with the elders became so strenuous that he had no choice but to reach down into the bottom of the barrel and, well, … I found myself standing at the pulpit with a congregation in front of me, while I depended on all my engineering skills at PowerPoint together with my experiences as I sifted through the Bible to find something that would be relevant. Given the all consuming preparation, the final result after the delivery was little more than a numbness from mental fatigue – a complete relaxation given that the stress of preparation (typical over a two to three week period) was finally gone.

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/07/12/discomfort-in-preaching/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Looney Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:03:56 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=418#comment-2197 I started to preach when the main pastor's duties and the political entanglement with the elders became so strenuous that he had no choice but to reach down into the bottom of the barrel and, well, ... I found myself standing at the pulpit with a congregation in front of me, while I depended on all my engineering skills at PowerPoint together with my experiences as I sifted through the Bible to find something that would be relevant. Given the all consuming preparation, the final result after the delivery was little more than a numbness from mental fatigue - a complete relaxation given that the stress of preparation (typical over a two to three week period) was finally gone. I started to preach when the main pastor's duties and the political entanglement with the elders became so strenuous that he had no choice but to reach down into the bottom of the barrel and, well, … I found myself standing at the pulpit with a congregation in front of me, while I depended on all my engineering skills at PowerPoint together with my experiences as I sifted through the Bible to find something that would be relevant. Given the all consuming preparation, the final result after the delivery was little more than a numbness from mental fatigue – a complete relaxation given that the stress of preparation (typical over a two to three week period) was finally gone.

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