There is a saying, "Behind every successful man is a surprised woman."
Some truth there...some stretch.
I know for certain that my wife assists me and encourages me so much. We mull things over together across a wide range of subjects: kids, current issues, church life, politics, fun... She has a keen mind and a good read on things.
So we've been talking about Christmas and I shared with her a couple weeks ago that I did not have a clear direction on what to share during this season of Advent as we point toward Christmas. She reached back into her mental archive of sermons I preached in years past and over the course of the next few days began to remind and press upon me a sermon series I shared back in the Fall '04. Drawn from Dr. David Thompson's book, Holiness for Hurting People is a series of messages pointing to the holiness available for everyone...in spite of our hurts.
Sunday's sermon will be from Ephesians 4:25. I'm going to talk about the Light of the World who has come to dispel our darkness and take us, using Dr. T's terms, from Delusion to Disclosure of our Pain.
A great song that goes along with this series is entitled "Peacemaker" by Greg Ferguson. It's on a CD entitled One Life. I think it is available from Willow Creek Community Church's on-line store.
Christmas may look/sound a little different at our church this year but it will still point to the Light of the World.
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Holiness for hurting people...sounds like a great series. It would be nice to get that kind of food. Your congregation is lucky to have someone like you who would feed them with such truth and healing from God. I lament that there are those out there who could use a series like that, and it is just out of reach. May God speak through you and may the words from your mouth be ordained by Him to bless your sheep with healing and truth.
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