tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post5971640855609334506..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Ask the Matriarch: Preaching SlumpStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-83182415462169420932013-05-25T11:09:06.170-04:002013-05-25T11:09:06.170-04:00Don't despair, dear sister in Christ. Come ove...Don't despair, dear sister in Christ. Come over to the Preacher Party and talk to us. We're here for you. <a href="http://revgalblogpals.blogspot.com/2013/05/11th-hour-preacher-party-tmi-edition.html" rel="nofollow">11th Hour Preacher Party</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-88545283526154330402013-05-25T09:30:39.616-04:002013-05-25T09:30:39.616-04:00After 1.5 years in the pulpit, I fear that it'...After 1.5 years in the pulpit, I fear that it's not a slump but that the Holy Spirit has left me....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41363253531177099692013-04-06T17:04:26.418-04:002013-04-06T17:04:26.418-04:00These are all great ideas. Here's a different ...These are all great ideas. Here's a different twist on the question, though. Increasingly,at least in my mainline denomination,churches are unable to call a full-time pastor...which results in some version of what my life is like...I work a full-time job to provide for my family and also serve the church. I would love to be a full-time pastor but it just doesn't seem to be the way things are working out. So, I am doing well to do all the reading and studying and writing needed for each Sunday let alone read fiction, go to movies, be a part of a lectionary group etc. Not sharing this as "oh, poor me" but rather, as I said, I different twist on what to do when you are in a slump.(which I am, by the way)<br />Thanks for being here...all of you. This community is especially important for me as I am otherwise so very isolated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-30011609519727910552013-04-05T15:42:55.754-04:002013-04-05T15:42:55.754-04:00I love the "Preaching Moments" at worki...I love the "Preaching Moments" at workingpreacher.org - especially the Anna Carter Florence ones - just to hear what others say about the craft of preaching... refreshing and eye-opening.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365238026767992838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-2356318485623956802013-04-04T12:50:16.407-04:002013-04-04T12:50:16.407-04:00Great advice. Agree with it all. My morning run (v...Great advice. Agree with it all. My morning run (very slow jog) has been so helpful to my preaching and writing. Have been sidelined with a torn meniscus (surgery in the next couple of weeks I hope) and I really feel the loss. <br />Hoping riding my bike will compensate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-18565979300146476572013-04-04T12:09:23.838-04:002013-04-04T12:09:23.838-04:00Sometimes when I'm in a slump it's because...Sometimes when I'm in a slump it's because I'm bored of myself. Then I find it's a good idea to take a risk - preach in a new style (as a monologue for example) or jump off the lectionary for a while. Last year I did a series on Ruth that was really fun for me - I got to dive really deep into her story and it was very interesting to me, which I think is reflected back in the preaching.<br /><br />I also echo those comments that say "say it out loud." When I'm driving, I sometimes tell myself a story I'm planning to use in the sermon (yes, I'm THAT woman next to you on the freeway...) as a way of testing how it sounds out loud. <br /><br />Also, this year, I've tried to have a guest preacher once a month and relieving the pressure of having to produce every week has been a huge boon.<br /><br />And I have often found a jump start (or finish) at the Saturday Preacher Party. Our unofficial motto, a gift I believe from Kathryn, "If you got a dog, walk it proud" has gotten me thru quite a few Sundays.Jennifer Garrison Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170014214291920971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-47207941748021467372013-04-04T08:40:16.309-04:002013-04-04T08:40:16.309-04:00These are great ideas. At 1.5 years, I'm not ...These are great ideas. At 1.5 years, I'm not in a slump, but the reality of week-after-week is making itself felt.<br /><br />I totally concur about reading literature and going to movies and plays. It is essential to hear language used in beautiful and different ways, to hear a cacophony of voices from other times and places as well as out own.<br /><br />And I love the idea of writing a sermon directed (in your head) toward one particular person. I have done that a few times, only to have the person I was thinking of not show up. But that doesn't take away from the reality that it make speak to someone else in a personal way.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-65192387172115848982013-04-04T07:01:14.158-04:002013-04-04T07:01:14.158-04:00Great ideas! Keep this post handy for your next sl...Great ideas! Keep this post handy for your next slump, it will happen. You will get through it. Remember the Holy Spirit has your back.Sally-Lodge Teelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487258335850154498noreply@blogger.com