This morning I preached at First Christian Church in Downers Grove, IL. Pastor Tanya, their minister, was gone for the IL/WI Disciples regional assembly. I’d visited a month ago when I knew I’d be preaching today so I could get a feel for their worship style. I was tempted to follow the pastor’s lead and pick a scripture reading based on the topic of choice … but I wasn’t that creative, so I picked the lectionary reading.
And I “lucked” out with Matthew 25:14-30. The parable of the talents!
I linked back to some of my favorite memories from Bosnia to tell an alternative parable. (And a congregation member came up to me after the service and said, “I don’t see how those parables are parallel.” I quickly pointed out that they’re not supposed to be.)
I’ve linked to the pictures that were on the projector screen behind me. They’re on a service called Slideshare – which I’m going to start using for all of my presentation files to share. The audio is also down below it. The alternative parable starts at 12:12 (and the slides were in sync with it).
I wasn’t THRILLED with my delivery or sermon content – but I was content with it. Hopefully the Advanced Preaching seminar this spring will make me discontent.
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