Monthly Archives: March 2009

I read for the fun of it, and for my work.  Lately I read two books — one is by an acquaintance I have known for years – Sunder Krishnan (The Conquest of Inner Space: Learning the Language of Prayer).  The second was a recommendation that has grown on me — David Eckman (Becoming who God intended).   Both were for “fun”, and as I found out — ended up impacting my work.

Two totally separate books that have emphasized imagination in preaching.  Neither of them are preaching books.  One is a book on the Psalms — working on the inner space of our life.  The other is what I would call a psychology text — written to deal with who we are and what we should become.

The matter of an approach to preaching was a serendipity that came out of both books.  Two short snatches emphasize our current (and maybe our eternal) need to picture life.  In a day and age when visual has overtaken written/abstract text, the need to use visual images in our preaching is paramount.

I’ve been trying to consciously work on imagination in my preaching.  I’ve actually gotten constructive feedback (which is better than what most of us preachers get – no feedback!).  I’m looking for good models in the area of visual/imaginative preaching world.  Know of any?  Let me know!

When I started this blog a few years ago I was certain.  I didn’t know if I would be disciplined enough.  Or have enough to say.  Or whether I would just have enough at some point.

But, here we are.  And more to come!!

18 kids showed up.

There was a waterslide.  A hot tub.  And a small pool.

Splashes, chlorine and fun.

Along with a birthday party atmosphere.

All in all, a good time had by all.

I had forgotten.

This afternoon I worked on two upcoming meetings.  Both the agenda and the accompanying documents.  Part of this required putting together some binders of meeting minutes.  Another part was looking over previous actions and deciding what needs to be followed up.

In past years this was a pure pleasure to me.  Nowadays I’m much more involved in person-to-person interactions (I was at the hospital, at a meeting with others and enjoying a lunch today!). 

The pleasure is still there.  Organizing and preparing so that others can work with me in putting together action plans.

Oh, the things that we enjoy!!