Sometime during the four hours it runs I will give my sermon on the Abraham and Isaac story, with the caveat that I have to do it emotionally (not my nature).
I've always been able to deal with this text cognitively, or even in my own faith journey. Largely, because I ignore many of the emotions that arise from it and questions that it causes for many.
It took me a long time to figure out how to teach it in a way that didn't skip those things. I can give the right answers to most of those questions, but can I do so in a way that validates both the questions and the emotions others feel?
After weeks of thinking, I am hoping that I finally figured out how to do that. I'll be interested to hear my classmatess and teachers' responses and thoughts on the avenue I decided, specifically, on if I hit the goal the way I assume I can. If not, i'll look forward to hearing how to tweak this sermon to make it better.
Either way, it will all be over soon.
2 comments:
How did it go? What feedback did you get?
It went well. It was challenging for me, and the first thing I said when I was done was: "This isn't the type of message I can preach three times in a row on a Sunday."
It was very draining for me emotionally but I got some pretty positive responses from my classmates and teachers.
Seeing as how they heard it just after they had listened to 4 other messages over the last 3 hours, I was just happy they stayed awake.
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