Issue 02 Preaching for the planetBlog | Looking for a reaction
Looking for a reaction
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 06.03.15
ike many a busy minister, I preach week in and week out at my churches; it’s a core bit of my calling. But just occasionally I wonder if any of them are actually listening.
Like the time I did 20 minutes on ‘Sin’ – really laid it on thick too – and true to form at the porch door, no one said anything except ‘Lovely sermon, vicar’. Sometimes you just ache for them to say anything: argue, agree, run me out of town with pitchforks, anything but the deathly ‘Lovely sermon vicar.’
But a Sunday two weeks ago was different. I preached on the cross. It was the feast of the Holy Cross and so it seemed apt. I had done my research and had painstakingly searched through books, websites and journals
