I have to hand it to the week in and week out preachers out there. I’m preaching at The Gathering for the first time in 2 1/2 years thus needing to write a message for the service. I forgot how much time it takes to write something that is worthwhile for people to listen to for 25 minutes.

As I was pondering (rather than writing) on how much time this takes I was reminded of a great quote from The Princess Bride. “I’ve just sucked one year of your life away. I might one day go as high as five, but I really don’t know what that would do to you. So, let’s just start with what we have.”

So that is how I feel sermon writing is. “It has just sucked one week of my life away.” I guess that is why I love administration so much. I feel as if I get so much more done. God bless you preachers of the word!