Some Days

I wish I had a Nu-Way hot dog - actually I wish I had three.

This morning was an experience that can only be handled by prayer or mass consumption of America's favorite addiction - food.

The premise of the sermon was good, I think. I used some cool "American Idols" backgrounds I found on the web to try to tie today to yesterday in the case of the "rich young ruler". The scholarship was too, especially considering the passage. Revealing the station in life he was at, and the meaning behind what he wanted was helpful, as was the emphasis on how Jesus laid the trap for him. I was prayed up, and desperate to speak God's Word into people's lives. But it fell flat.

I have it on tape, and I'll listen to it tomorrow, but I expect I'm going to find that I turned it into more of a lecture than a sermon by using way, way, way too much ppt. When I use ppt, I try to use it as an aid to what I do, but this morning it felt like that I was there simply to show the ppt.

That's not preaching. Don't get me wrong - I love using the media, and I know that in our visual society it is a great help to presenting Truth. But just as Rick Warren asked how many collections of the "Greatest Hits of Organ Music" there were, I'd have to ask how many people showed up on Sunday hoping for great powerpoint.

None.

So folks, take a minute to see the sermon from the POV of the pew. If it has even a sniff of a lecture - do whatever it takes to get it right.

Now, will anyone leaving Macon GA for the beach bring me some Nu-Way wieners?