Monday, April 03, 2006

brain block

Just a meaningless ramble here. I'm trying to decide whether to continue my sermon series through the book of Galatians this week, or talk about Easter for the next two Sundays. I simply can't decide. It's like my mind is completely dead. I can't think. What should I do?

I hate it when this happens. Sometimes the writing of a sermon every week is just too overwhelming. I read or listen to other peoples sermons; I hear others talk about sermons they've heard... and I just can't compete. I feel like giving up. I don't think there's any way I can come up with anything at all worthwhile or able to hold people's interest - let alone able to help someone grow in their walk with God.

Yet there has only been one time when I wasn't able to pull through. I ended up showing a video. Can't even remember what now. It was after attending a preaching seminar at Willowcreek. I was so overwhelmed, and convinced I was the world's worst preacher, that I just couldn't get myself to even try.

Of course I know I'm not the world's worst preacher. And I know that it is usually the HOly Spirit who speaks through me, or inspires my preaching/writing. I'm just hoping that if I write enough here, something will come to me. Perhaps I should pray instead. Yeah, that's the ticket. That's what I'll do. Pray. Good idea!

Later. Peace. Revolution. Go.

3 comments:

Whisky Prajer said...

You asked, so I'll opine: take a break and go with Easter. But, you know, if you've prayed and the Spirit leads elsewhere, you better preach when the Spirit says "Preach!"

dan said...

Thanks for the input, Darrell. I think I'm gonna take the "acts of the sinful nature" in an Easterly direction. Of course, I guess just about anything can go in an Easter direction can't it? :)

Hope all is well up north. Is the wife back yet?

peace.

Whisky Prajer said...

Things are going well, thanks. Beth gets back on Thursday afternoon. She leaves again for a shorter jaunt on Easter Sunday(!), but that's not something we're thinking about right now.

A good mention of Dr. Luther King, BTW.