never the same sermon twice

Last Sunday was one of those days when God was busy during the sermon. I felt ill prepared, and was trying to preach across what seemed a tenuous link. The microphone was ringing in my ears, and I was so distracted that I nearly abandoned hope and cut to the end. But the congregation’s response was such that it was clear that they had heard what they needed to, regardless of what I may have said.

The request then came for me to try to make the sermon more widely available — which would normally be easy enough, but this sermon changed a fair bit in the telling. So, for those who asked, my attempt to recreate some of the sermon is below the fold. I’m not at all sure it will ‘work’, but there’s no harm in trying. Continue reading “never the same sermon twice”