1. Let me tell you something funny that happened yesterday.
At 2:00 I was just about done with my sermon, except about one paragraph or so. The Saturday service was beginning at 5:00.
I took a break to try to think of a quick children's sermon for the next day, came back and went into my files. When I found my sermon, the prompt I got was "Sermon title... already exists. Replace?" Without thinking, I pressed, yes.
And I replaced my sermon with a blank page.
At 2:00 p.m.
I did re-write it. (put the coffee back on!)
2. Today, after church, I REALLY wanted to post something funny. I don't know, it's just been a stressful week. So, I posted the ELCA song.
3. We had company for my husband's birthday after church. Neither of us got our naps (which we usually take religiously. ) We cleaned and cooked and entertained.
4. I know it will be late, but maybe tomorrow.
5. See #1 above, and I'm thinking of revising it in the posting... just as a mental exercise. I like what I wrote, but I'm just curious about what a couple of minor things would do.
6. Now I'm finally going to get a little break and rest! Good night everybody!
12 comments:
Oh Arggggh! I've lost the bulk of a sermon when computer froze up, and as I read this, the feeling of the nausea I felt then returned! Looking forward to reading whichever version you post when you post it.
I know it's maddening but chances are that what you write next will be better than the original. You'll be surprised.
Lindy
PS- You take your naps religiously? Because I usually take mine like a heathen.
oh, oh... how dreadful. glad you think it's funny. sounds positively dreadful.
hope you do get a nap today.
Lost a sermon...been there, done that.
Naps...if I don't get my Sunday afternoon nap, I can get a little cranky. Drives my wife crazy.
Take care.
I never took a nap until three months into my internship. By then I found that I was dead tired on Sunday afternoons. Funny, yesterday I was fine, no nap, no sluggish feeling in the afternoon. Hmmmm.
Word virification word = yyfun. Good one!
been there, done that. No nap for me yesterday either, we had a family birthday party to go to, for a 4 year old niece. At least I wasn't the host! I hope you rest well today.
The Lost Sermon - what a terror, my symathies.
As for naps - I must have my Sunday afternoon nap. I am unbearable without it. Of course, I use the word nap loosely, I can easily sleep for an extra four hours on Sunday afternoon.
I've never lost a sermon. Am I lucky, or what? Of course, I don't preach - or not formally. Only by being a Jewish mother to my children and grandchildren, and only by what my sweet Grandpère would call nagging.
And then there's the blog, where I feel free to cut loose and preach - and preach - and preach. I've lost whole posts that I've worked hard on with links and all. Very discouraging. My sympathy, Diane.
Diane, sorry about the computer foul-up. Hope you got a nap today. And now I feel like I know you a tiny bit better, because Serena knows you personally! How nice.
Diane, I think I got you mixed up with Barbara in Longview, WA--sorry--But we are connected through postcards!
Oh. My. Never quite had that happen, but I did arrive at to preach at a neutral pulpit (do you Lutherans do that -- where you preach for a pastoral nominating committee at an unrelated church?) without page one of my sermon one time. That was nerve-wracking. But I still got offered the call ... I'm sure your sermon was fabulous. But there went your Saturday.
no, we don't do the "neutral pulpit". Hadn't heard of it. When I was interviewing for my current call, four people from here actually came and visited my church in South Dakota. Can you imagine? They stuck out like a sore thumb. I was so nervous. No one in the congregation said anything, like "Who were those four visitors?"
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