Late Thursday
I returned from the conference to find two messages from
Pastor Steve on the old answering machine:
"Hi,
it's Steve - hoping to catch you before you leave
for the meeting. Speak to you soon."
Six messages later...
"It's Steve again," sounding more than a little frazzled. "When
you get in, can you give me a quick call? I'm
really stuck here."
As soon as I heard his
voice, I knew exactly what he was wrestling with.
We met for lunch
on Friday so I could help get him "unstuck."
"Sometimes it just flows," he said, "but
every now and then I hit the wall like I did
the other night when
I called.
I started this sermon half a dozen times and
I'm no further along than I was at the beginning of the
week. And
you wouldn't
believe what a week it's been!"
"A classic case of inspiration
block" I said. "It's
there, you just need to unstick what's stuck."
I
opened my briefcase and we got to work.
The following Thursday
Steve called again and this time I was there to answer.
"Hey,
did you get my e-mail?" he
asked. "I was so pleased with the way
the sermon turned out, and the congregation
really seemed engaged.
Thanks so
much for your help. It was a joy, and you made
the process easy."
"Well, you're the one who did all the work," I assured
him. "It's what I do whenever I need a
little push. Like when I was in seminary --
anytime
I hit the wall I'd
refer
to my collection of the classic preachers,
and it would get my own writing flowing. And
that's
still the way
I look for
inspiration, like Sunday Sermons Online. When
I told you about it last Friday and shared
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the web
site,
I noticed it really got you going! I've always
know that you preach to great effect - but
there's always
room to become
more effective . . . "
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