Sermon on Jairus' Daughter and the Woman with the Flow of Blood
Clicking on the title of this post should take you to an audio of the sermon I preached a week and a half ago on Jairus' daughter and the woman with the flow of blood.
This is the first sermon I have ever preached on a Sunday for which I had neither a complete script nor fairly detailed outline. (I had only five bullet points jotted down in the final minutes before mass began, and I am not sure I ever looked at them while preaching.)
When I first began to preach at St. Vincent's I always spoke from a carefully written and edited script. But I find that as I have slowly begun to liberate myself from a prepared sermon text that our parishioners seem to be able more and more to find genuine meaning in my sermons. I know this is the Spirit's doing and not my own. I must learn to trust that God will make some use of my feeble efforts. I should preach the message my heart feels compelled to preach in the manner that I am being led to preach it, even if it makes people ask me if I used to be a Baptist! (I was baptized into the Anglican expression of being a Christian as an adult and never have been anything else, btw.) I pray the results will serve to feed the flock of Christ as He would have them nourished.
This is the first sermon I have ever preached on a Sunday for which I had neither a complete script nor fairly detailed outline. (I had only five bullet points jotted down in the final minutes before mass began, and I am not sure I ever looked at them while preaching.)
When I first began to preach at St. Vincent's I always spoke from a carefully written and edited script. But I find that as I have slowly begun to liberate myself from a prepared sermon text that our parishioners seem to be able more and more to find genuine meaning in my sermons. I know this is the Spirit's doing and not my own. I must learn to trust that God will make some use of my feeble efforts. I should preach the message my heart feels compelled to preach in the manner that I am being led to preach it, even if it makes people ask me if I used to be a Baptist! (I was baptized into the Anglican expression of being a Christian as an adult and never have been anything else, btw.) I pray the results will serve to feed the flock of Christ as He would have them nourished.
posted by Texanglican (R.W. Foster+) | 1:25 PM
4 Comments:
Thank you Father Foster! I can share this with an even greater audience to spread the Word!
Andy Turner
Thanks, Andy. God bless!
I was there and it was a wonderful sermon. I did not know that the sermon was prepared differently than previous ones. You have done a great job with your sermons from the very first one. This was a little "Baptist" but I find nothing wrong with that, in fact, I find a lot right with that. We are blessed to know you and to have you within our parish.
Rudy
Thanks, Rudy. I appreciate the encouragement. It is an honor to know you and to minister with you at St. Vincent's.
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