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Preaching When Someone Makes a Scene
Top Preaching TipsPreaching When Someone Makes A Scene How do you go about preaching when someone makes a scene in the service? That’s the theme of this blog. If you are a regular reader, remember that we are looking at what to do when things go wrong. This link will give you the first in the series, […]
When Someone Gets Sick
Top Preaching TipsWhen Someone Gets Sick In The Worship Service This really isn’t a story about funny things happening, but it does give us something to reflect on. What do you do when someone gets sick during a worship service, or while you are preaching? The Setting It was my very first Sunday at Covenant Life Church […]
When Perceived Disaster Strikes
Top Preaching TipsWhen Perceived Disaster Strikes In these last couple of posts I’ve been using stories from preachers to illustrate what to do when things go wrong. We’ve looked at what to do with a major mistake in your sermon, as well as what to do if communion goes badly. Today I want to illustrate something that […]
When Communion Goes Badly
Top Preaching TipsWhen Communion Goes Badly In the last post I began a series of reflections on what to do when things go wrong with your message or in the worship service. Most pastors today try to have the various elements of a worship service blend together. So it affects your sermon if other areas of the […]
When Something Goes Wrong
Top Preaching TipsWhen Something Goes Wrong Inevitably, there will come a time in your preaching when something will go very wrong, either in the worship service or in your message. What do you do then? For many years I’ve had a practice of asking this question when with a group of preachers: “What’s the funniest thing that […]