Thinking About Sermon Topics

This morning, I'm doing a bit of brainstorming. I'm preaching on June 5th, which I realize is a couple of weeks away. But, I'd like to get a head start so I can do my best to pull together some visuals, illustrations, etc. Next week will be a short work week with Memorial Day. So, I'm trying to get headed in the right direction this week.

I was thinking about doing something along the lines of "What Happens When We Get a Flat" or "A Bump in the Road." The idea behind it will be to talk about being on the right road to the right destination, but we hit a bump that requires us to stop and recoup. Instead of focusing on 5-steps to a happy life, I'm thinking it'd be good to talk honestly about how disasters do happen to faithful people that are doing the "right things." In doing this, I'd address how God uses those times that we're forced to pull over to build us up and focus us for the rest of the journey.

I have also thought about speaking about Eutychus. I know, some of you are saying to yourselves, "Euty-who?" There are about 6 verses in the Bible that tell the story of Eutychus. It's not a long story, but it's one of my favorites.

I've also thought about talking about Bar-Jesus. He was sort of a road block. I'd talk about identifying our road blocks and identifying how we are road blocks. I have some pretty fun visuals that go along with Bar-Jesus' story.

And, then, I've thought about talking about worship...how it's more than what we do on Sunday morning...how it's more than the 15 minutes of singing we do together as a congregation...how it's the entirety of our lives...it's how we live out every minute of every day.

Well, if you want to find out what I'm going to talk about you'll have to show up to church on June 5th.