Jon Acuff provides seven signs the sermon is nearly over. Don’t know if I gave any of these yesterday. Everyone did a good job of not obviously looking for them. 7 ways to know a sermon is about to end: 1. “In closing…” This is an old school sermon ender. When you hear this phrase, …

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The first and last of these have proved to be very helpful over the years. Not easy to do, but very helpful. The importance of a of a leadership team of complementary skills and not clones is helpful, too. There are lots of constructive suggestions in the comment thread of the original post, as well. …

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