It was not my normal preaching style, but it worked.\u00a0 Last week I took a nasty fall on the parking lot, hitting the asphalt with my knee and face.\u00a0 That means on Easter Sunday I was still hurting, with bumps, bruises and cuts that were healing. I had to continually sip water to keep my throat from getting dry from the prescription medication. \u00a0The church where I am serving as Interim Pastor offered to get someone else to preach, and on any other Sunday, I might have let them do so, but it was Easter.\u00a0 No preacher that I know would give up Easter Sunday, unless they simply could not preach.\u00a0 So, I sat on a bar stool (or perhaps we should call it a \u201cchurch stool\u201d) and delivered my sermon from Mark 16:1-15 on the good news of our Lord\u2019s resurrection and it\u2019s meaning to us. \u00a0While appreciative, some of the church members expressed surprise that I insisted on preaching in my condition, especially having to sit on the stool, and sip water throughout.\u00a0 This is what I\u2019ve learned over the years, that was refreshed in my memory on Easter Sunday – the sermon\u2019s content is more powerful than the messenger or his style. \u00a0Preach on!<\/p>\n
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