Two Previews: A Sermon, and a Blog Series

I’ve got two things for you today, and I hope each of these gets your interest up!

FIRST, I recruited some help for our Sunday sermon preview video. I hope you enjoy it!

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SECOND, next week is going to be a very interesting week on the blog. I’m calling it “8 Days with the Preacher.” I got this idea from my friend Chris Gallagher. Each year, he takes one week and simply blogs about what he does during each day. For a couple of years, I have wanted to do this, and I’m finally diving in with both feet. I wanted to do it at this time of year, too. If I chose to do this during the holiday season or the summer, the calendar would naturally be filled with all sorts of things. By doing this at an “off” time (whatever that means), I think you will see that preachers really do wear many hats.

Here are some things to keep in mind for this series:

1. The week will be 8 days, and will run from Sunday through Sunday.

2. I will post later in the day than normal (usually late afternoon or early evening), so be sure to check your blog reader later in the day for the updates.

3. I will not write every single detail (you don’t want that!!!), but I just want to share with you what I do during the week, both related to my work at Lebanon Road, and with our family.

4. I will not use this as a platform to break confidence. If someone comes in for counseling, for example, I will just simply mention that I studied with, chatted with, or counseled with someone, but no specifics will be given.

5. There will still be two other types of posts during this time: (1) Lebanon Road’s Bible reading plan on each Sunday, and (2) the February links roundup on Friday. I may also do a book review or two, but I am  not sure about that at this time.

The rationale behind this series of posts is simply to “pull back the curtain” a bit. Many people wonder what a preacher does all the time, and I hope this will show you that (1) we do work, and (2) we have to remain focused on the major parts of our job in order to get everything done. The first planned post will go up Sunday night, so I hope you are ready to spend “8 Days with the Preacher!”