tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post112730249702733932..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: A long storyKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1127398979423817012005-09-22T15:22:00.000+01:002005-09-22T15:22:00.000+01:00The first half of my sermon last Sunday was a stor...The first half of my sermon last Sunday was a story I told about myself, my sister, and my grandmother (I was not the heroine of the story!).<BR/><BR/>Someone who has never said "Boo" to me after I preach told me that it was the most fresh, concise thing she had ever heard me do.<BR/><BR/>All things being relative, I think sometimes a story is the best way to approach a text.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324456402703897094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1127355611664611542005-09-22T03:20:00.000+01:002005-09-22T03:20:00.000+01:00Kathryn,If you are interested in reading something...Kathryn,<BR/><BR/>If you are interested in reading something long and boring that will make you sleepy, please see my answer to your questions over on my blog.<BR/><BR/>Also, please pray for my fellow Americans (including my aunt, uncle, and cousins) in Texas. This latest hurricane is very very bad. Texans already opened their arms wide to take in so many from Katrina and now they find themselves fleeing along with those they have been helping. It makes me so sad.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02066521392849698323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1127322845493775482005-09-21T18:14:00.000+01:002005-09-21T18:14:00.000+01:00I've come to believe that if you are going to surv...I've come to believe that if you are going to survive as a pastor, you have to have a narrative imagination. If you think you are arriving to do Some Great Thing, you will crash and burn. If you are able to see that you are entering the story of a particular people in a particular place, you just MIGHT perceive where God is at work in that place and figure out how you can be part of that.Karen Sapiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1127319310205463542005-09-21T17:15:00.000+01:002005-09-21T17:15:00.000+01:00one of the nicest things ever said about me was by...one of the nicest things ever said about me was by our former bishop Hans (now bishop of Russia) who said - Lorna really can tell a story. <BR/><BR/>He spoilt it a tad by adding - I wish she could learn to do it in Swedish :)<BR/><BR/>but I learnt that day that for me to preach I need to be able to move away from the paper at times and use the narrative form. What's more it was more than possible it was good to do so.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I re-tell the Scripture story - or then tell a story to explain the scripture. And if I can tell the story as if I am the first person narrator (even if its not my own story) I do so, because it really helps the listener to put themselves in 'my' shoes.<BR/><BR/>Once I read a story from a blog. (with permission) I knew it almost by heart and afterwards people said that God had spoken to them through it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But I would like to be more creative in how I preach, free-er and yeah I know there will be days I bomb, and so be it. <BR/><BR/>Someone once told me "the congregation get the preaching they've prayed for!" - if it goes badly they can pray harder. :) It helped me a lot because preaching IS harder than teaching. People really listen. At times in our noisy church you can hear the silence. It used to unnerve me to be be honest.<BR/><BR/>so thanks Kat for the great post. The admission that your sermon wasn't great was brave and honest. Well done in the RC school :) bet they ask you back *SOON*<BR/><BR/>blessingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com