A.D.D.Day:

So I have been on a little kick lately - I have discovered that I believe I have some from of Attention Deficit Disorder. I can’t sit still! I can’t even concentrate some times. To top this off, I have had the worst week of assignments this week. Let me tell you about my week.

Starting last weekend, I wrote a manuscript for a sermon that I ended up preaching on Monday. Said manuscript was 5 - 6 pages long and I memorized most of it. Monday I preached it. Do you have any idea how physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually draining that is? Try it and then get back to me.

But the week didn’t stop there. I feel badly because I told Becca at the beginning of the week that I was going to be a bit of an absentee boyfriend, but she understands... as we speak the poor girl is trying to push what knowledge of the history of the world out on a piece of paper called a test. I have been able to see her, which has been a great motivation and encouragement, but I fear that by the time weekend hits - we’ll both be amazingly tired.

Tuesday afternoon, after lunch, I spilled all theological capacity into a 2000+ word paper on the origin and problem of evil. It was truly an amazing paper - I was so happy with it! After supper, considering that poor Becca was still studying this history junk - I designed a service for a church plant with Power Point for music and announcements and the sermon! Not only did I do that, but I also read about 200 pages of book on church planting.

Wednesday was tough for me. I couldn’t focus AT ALL. Not in classes, not even to work. I finished reading the other 200 pages that I needed to finish. It was a tough day to sit through all my classes and then D- group. I flat out told Prez about my ADD... I didn’t know what else to do, I was losing it.

Today’s craziness came from designing the purpose, goals and themes, schedule, resources, menu, promotions, evaluations, and follow up for a camp ministry and give a 5 minute presentation in the class!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! I am seriously drained right now. I have one more reading and then it is my intention to do absolutely nothing for the next 72 hours.

“I did absolutely nothing... and it was everything I ever imagined it could be”

Would You Like Fried With That?

I woke up at 3 am to a rock at the window. I slept through my 8 AM class only to wake up around 9 AM. I preached this morning at 11:20ish... it rocked. I enjoyed preaching because I fell called to preach to youth. I think that they liked it as well. I got some good laughs out of it all. Cranked wise and admonished through Scripture. Yeah... preaching rocks.

However - I am a bit lacking in the mental power department now. Preaching can be very draining physically, mentally and emotionally. I really planned to skip systematic theology today. I spent the time after lunch with Becca doing school work.

She really has been a good influence on me. I’m not saying that I am a bad person, but because of my slight ADDness, I would have had a difficult time focusing. She will make a good teacher. She’s gentle, but assertive. Guess I can need that some times.

I told you all that I’d share a bit oh my humor from my sermon in the blog. Here is a little piece of it! I hope you like it:

“If I speak in the tongues of Wesleyans and of Baptists, but have not love, I am an air guitar or a dull thud. If I have the gift of interpreting President Medders preaching and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge including how to ace a Branscombe inductive, and if I have a faith that the cafeteria food will not kill me, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all my Easy Mac to the less fortunate Bethany students and surrender my body to the Kennebecasis, but have not love, I gain nothing.”

Preparation H:

Ok - I am really not talking about THAT! However the title does work to explain my weekend - preparing to preach in Homiletics (get it? Prepare = preparation, H = Homiletics).. ah ha.... ah ha. Ok so maybe it isn’t exactly the funniest joke ever, but all joking aside - I have enjoyed crafting this sermon.

I am preaching along the lines of one of my biggest pet peeves (the overuse and misuse of the word love) and I have added a twist of Damien style humor. I think it may be a good sermon. Becca and Mom both liked it... of course Mom just read the text and Becca heard me preach /practice it. I suppose that the combination of two of the important women in my life does carry a good amount of weight.

Once I do preach the sermon, I will post a little piece of the humor used. As for now, if you’re in Homiletics and thought you’d get a clever sermon snippet from my blog... think again... not today anyway....

Hilarity ensues.