Hey everybody, Wondering what lessons you learned on Sunday. - What went well? - Did you try anything different? - Are you planning on trying anything different this upcoming Sunday? - Have any advice for the rest of us?

What is an anchor image you've used recently that you found helpful? How did it carry the passage from beginning to end. Examples of these cases really help new folks see what anchor illustrations are and how they work. I'll go first. In a sermon on Psalm 51, I used the image of someone knocking on the front door while you're sorting dirty laundry in the den. What do you do? Hide? What if you could be free enough to open the door and say, "Come on in, excuse the mess." This carried because I was able to come back to the image over and over, the emotional issues related to it, and the concrete action of opening the door. The mess is real. Confessing the mess is hard. Jesus comes in to clean the mess for us. Now, we can be real, confessing the mess but celebrating the one who bore the stench in my place.

Hey, everybody! There is a saying that experience isn't the best teacher, but "evaluated" experience is. With that in mind, let's share some wins and lessons from yesterday's gatherings. - What went well? - What did you learn? - What might you do differently this coming Sunday? Post in the comments and let's talk about it. 👇

We were able to lock in the updates late Wednesday afternoon. Did you notice? Just wanted to check in to see how things are going. Any issues? I assume as we add new features (like the brand new Legacy Sermon Conversion Utility—see your sidebar 🙂), we'll have some glitches to tweak. But hopefully nothing like this past week. At least we can pray to that end. 🙏 Again, thank you, @Michael Byrd, for the long hours after hours. Grateful for all of y'all being on this journey to help pastors all over the world preach to and through the cross so that grace becomes fuel for fruitfulness, not just a fallback for failure. McKay

What do you do with the time as you walk up to the pulpit. Typically, there is some shuffling around, musicians putting instruments down, children walking out for children's church, people getting their bibles out. I see pastors say something about the music, sometimes a lighthearted joke, sometimes it is straight to introducing the passage. What do you do with this time?