So here we are! Jesus makes his approach to Jerusalem; the crowds go wild! Tree branches are waved and laid; small children run along in excitement… You may be beginning in-person worship after the lockdown – this is very possible in Scotland as our restrictions are lifted a little from Friday. You may already be… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Still Lent
I don’t know about the rest of you, but as we try to plan details for Easter this year–and pivot every few days as we get more information–it feels almost as challenging (though maybe more hopeful) as a year ago when we were first beginning to figure out how to do on-line worship as we… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Flipping Tables and Finding Lost Things
Preaching Pals! Ready or not, here it comes! It’s time to make preparations for the Third Sunday in Lent. My schedule is a bit lighter as I am sharing monologues featuring people in the Bible on Sunday mornings as we hear from Peter, Martha, Lazarus, and Thomas, to name a few, but your schedule may… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party
Preachers! Here we go again – it is Thursday and your recording day, or preparation day is upon you. Where are you this week? Lent 2 beckons: maybe you are in the RCL and deciding what to do with Jesus’ predictions of death and the cross? maybe you are in the NL and rather than… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: And So It’s Lent
We find ourselves once again in Lent. Though it kind of feels like Lent 2020 never ended, we have made it through an entire church year since then, many of us figuring out ways to celebrate the seasons in new and different ways. Once we have an entire years worth of recordings, can we just… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: T-Fig Time
Preaching friends, it’s Transfiguration Sunday. One of those days in which we preach on essentially the same story as we did this time last year, and the year before, and the year before that. I find those days particularly challenging, as a preacher. Maybe you do, too. We’re here to help each other! Share ideas,… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Healing and More
There are healing and resurrection stories in both The Narrative Lectionary and the Revised Common Lectionary this week. In these stories, Jesus does not seem to have any method for deciding who gets his help. He responds to the servant of an official in the occupying Roman army, to the only son of a bereft… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party
Preachers!! Here we go again… where are you all at this week? Do you have it all in the bag (and willing to share our ideas?!) are you struggling to be ready for a recording deadline; or a livestream; or have you managed to navigate all of the things to meet in person? Are you… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Calling All Disciples
Here we are in Ordinary Time or Weeks after the Epiphany. Being in the US, today was rather extraordinary as a new President and Vice President have been sworn in. I am filled with emotion. And sermons still need to be preached. Disciples are being called. What will your call be? In the Narrative Lectionary… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party
Hello, preaching friends! Some of you have already, or are, recording a sermon. Some of you are still in the midst of preparation. How can we help? Ideas? Adaptations? Children’s Time? Share this preaching moment here. Monica Thompson Smith is a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, serving as stated supply pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Luling,… Read More
