I am not sure how many of you have the opportunity to write on a weekly basis, but if you do, do you ever get into a funk when nothings seems to make sense or nothing comes into your head that is worth writing down? That is what I have been dealing with all week. The gospel text for the week is Luke 3 and it is all about John the Baptist and his exhortation of the crowds in preparation for the coming of Jesus... but while John is led by the Spirit during his proclamation, I dont think the Spirit knows that I have moved to North Dakota and has yet to find me.
Anyway, this is my attempt to just write and pray and hope that something will trigger my brain to proclaim something worth while for tomorrow's sermon. But that may just be the problem; it is not really anything that I will say up there, but it is what the Spirit is moving me to say that works on Sunday morning. So what can I say in the morning then, "Sorry folks, the Spirit gave me nothing to talk about this morning, so we wont have a sermon at all." How would that work out? HMMMMM Actually, I wonder what kind of reaction that would actually garner from the congregation. After all they trust that the Spirit has guided my words that will be proclaimed in the morning, so what if I dont feel led by the Spirit at all that Week? What would their reaction be?
Just some writer's block thinking. Did it help? No. Come Holy Spirit. I feel like princess Leia ... "Help me Obi one Holy Spirit... your my only hope."
All These Names!
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1 comment:
I so think that your problem is a sermon...you have a calling, but you're at a loss (at the moment) with how to fulfill a portion of that calling (the sermon). I don't know too many preachers who would admit freely that they are blocked...your job is not just a spiritual one, it is a creative one too. I think it might end up being one of your most inspiring sermons!
Not that you care what I think, Pastor Jay! :) Have a Happy Christmas!!
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