11

hatched sermons?

I just counted (I know, I know) and I’ve written and preached 11 different sermons since starting here September 3rd.  By the end of 2008, I will have preached 17 times.

I’ve never really been a notches-in-the-belt kinda woman, but this frequency of preaching has me practically carving the hash marks with a rock onto a wall!  It has put me in close touch with the realities of preaching every week, or twice a week.  While there is intense time put into each one, the intensity of this time compared to the time I would give a sermon I was preparing to preach at school?  No comparison.  But these sermons, I dare say, are better than the ones I would give at school.  Living with real people and then having the task and honor of preaching the Gospel to them brings out something in me that reflects….well, the real world in light of the Gospel.  It’s blinding.

numbers

• 3 (A.M) time I woke to get on the shuttle to head to Reno for my flight.
• 1 missed flight in LA.
• 3 security check points (computer out of bag, shoes off, boarding pass in hand)
• 1 pat down
• 1 temporarily lost boarding pass 
• 1 miffed ticketing agent
• 1 smelly seat mate (not me)
• 10 (P.M.) time of landing in Syracuse
• 1 lost bag
• 1 tired aase (me)

My goal was to make it back to Syracuse on Sunday.  Success.