Sunday Comes Every Week

<DIV><P><I>Seasoned advice for pastors facing the weekly challenge of preparing sermons</I></P><P>For pastors a new sermon comes every week. Conventional wisdom says that pastors need to sequester themselves to prepare their weekly sermon without distraction. But veteran preacher Frank Honeycutt suggests just the opposite: prepare your sermons as part of a daily lived experience in the community.</P><P>Using the days of the week as a framework Honeycutt describes practical and essential tasks leading up to the writing and delivery of the Sunday sermon—habits that will provide lasting spiritual nourishment for pastors who plan for a long career in parish ministry. With humor and candid acknowledgment of his own mistakes and doubts Honeycutt reflects on the joys and hazards of ministry and explains how a faithful process of preaching shapes pastors for a lifetime of healthy ministry.</P><ol><li>Monday: Listening</li><li>Tuesday: Hearing</li><li>Wednesday: Exegeting</li><li>Thursday: Naming</li><li>Reflecting: A Pastor Looks Back</li><li>Friday: Writing</li><li>Saturday: Rehearsing</li><li>Sunday: Offering</li></ol></DIV>