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Preaching Today: Could you tell us a bit about your planning process for preaching?
Leith Anderson: Each July, I plan the following year's preaching schedule, including titles, texts, themes, sermon summaries, benedictions, and thematic elements for the services. Once that's determined, the elders and pastors of Wooddale are free to comment on the planned year. With a mostly finished product in hand, then, I create a folder for each sermon. Throughout the year, materials are added to the folder, building up a reservoir of commentary notes, illustrations, pertinent articles, and other creative ideas.
Tell us about your weekly preparation process.
Because of all the work done in advance, I often only have to spend Wednesday through Friday in sermon completion. Much of my sermon preparation is done away from the office, usually at home or on the road. I find commentaries to be most helpful along the way, but the most important things in my preparation are the extended times I spend in prayer and reflection.
We've talked about planning and preparation—what about any personal advice for us as preachers?
There are two crucial pieces of advice I would offer. First of all, preaching advances preaching. Keep at this sacred act because frequency often helps quality. Second, and most important, create space for devotional time. Read through the Bible and other devotional works and make time to think and meditate—it will do wonders for your preaching!
Leith Anderson: Each July, I plan the following year's preaching schedule, including titles, texts, themes, sermon summaries, benedictions, and thematic elements for the services. Once that's determined, the elders and pastors of Wooddale are free to comment on the planned year. With a mostly finished product in hand, then, I create a folder for each sermon. Throughout the year, materials are added to the folder, building up a reservoir of commentary notes, illustrations, pertinent articles, and other creative ideas.
Tell us about your weekly preparation process.
Because of all the work done in advance, I often only have to spend Wednesday through Friday in sermon completion. Much of my sermon preparation is done away from the office, usually at home or on the road. I find commentaries to be most helpful along the way, but the most important things in my preparation are the extended times I spend in prayer and reflection.
We've talked about planning and preparation—what about any personal advice for us as preachers?
There are two crucial pieces of advice I would offer. First of all, preaching advances preaching. Keep at this sacred act because frequency often helps quality. Second, and most important, create space for devotional time. Read through the Bible and other devotional works and make time to think and meditate—it will do wonders for your preaching!
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