I spoke at a funeral a couple of days ago. As I’ve mentioned before, if you conduct ten years worth of funerals in a moderately sized country town you’re going to need a largish range of things to say. So, for someone who worked in forestry, here are some thoughts based on Psalm 1. ‘The …
I’ll never forget the feeling; a small funeral early in my pastoral ministry, perhaps one of the first few I conducted. Afterwards a couple came up to me and said something to me that has informed every funeral I’ve conducted since. Brian Croft’s post reminded me again. Sunday evening, I preached a funeral of an …
This was the concluding anecdote from a family tribute delivered at a funeral I conducted last week: One day Dad needed to go to town and pick up stuff for the farm. Mum also needed some groceries and had some bills to pay so they thought they should go together. Mum came outside and here …
Apparently Mark Driscoll is not in the habit of preaching from notes, preferring to study up and then deliver. But for his Easter Sunday sermon he used notes. Here they are, an example of what Driscoll packed in 40 minutes: Who Is Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ – loved & hated Jesus = Joshua (God is …
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