Issue 10 Preaching through AdversityBlog | How I prepare by Revd Stephen Bazlinton
How I prepare by Revd Stephen Bazlinton
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 18.03.17
Our Anglican group of three churches on the Essex & Hertfordshire border has two ordained clergy and five preaching assistants together with numerous lay members who lead our services. All seven of us who have responsibility to preach and teach gather once a month to pray and discuss our programme.
I have been ordained for over 35 years and preached before then at various churches in our area. My Christian heritage goes back well over two centuries, a direct antecedent being Revd Samuel Brewer who deeply influenced John Newton. By the grace of God such a background means that I have been well versed in the Scriptures from my earliest years so the meta-narrative of the Word runs deep.
The recent preaching in our parishes has been the themes and ‘I AMs’ of Jesus as recorded in John’s Gospel. The sermon preached for Sunday 4 September 2016 was based on John 11:17–27: ‘I am the resurrection and the life.’
