I've been having a hard time developing my next preaching series (which starts tomorrow). I wanted a Jesus series with just a bit of Christmas. I've several pages of ideas, but nothing felt right. I did the rounds looking to see what others have done, but nothing hit me. I turned to theology books and skimmed my stack of books of Jesus, but nothing kept.
Then this morning I took a bath with a stack of books (which I'd already looked through), and suddenly the talks started to fall together. It was nearly immediate that verses started to pop into my head. The themes and illustrations just seemed to fall into place.
It's so strange the way you can struggle for weeks together a message, and then it just comes together in 15 minutes. This isn't the first time this has happened.
Man you ain't kiddin! This happens to me all the time. Ive prepared more sermons in the shower than anywhere else! It actually has something to do with how your brain works as well as being relaxed and letting the Holy Spirit speak. Ron Martoia talks about it in his book Morph. Good post!
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On the one hand I wish I could systematize creativity and have a fool proof process to come up with inspiration.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it's really incredible to see how God uses the strangest things to inspire us.
I'll try to check out that books.