One pastor writes: Words are...
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One pastor writes: "Words are a major part of my ministry. I have been trained to have something to say at every occasion. I even know some Greek and Hebrew words, words from the Bible's original languages. I know some words that the average person doesn't know, such as 'meritorious' and 'pericope' and 'mellifluous.' "
Each sermon I write is in a computer file, and recently, in order to be able to search my sermons better to find something I'd written, I strung all those files together into one massive document. Four years worth of sermons all together. And then out of curiosity, I hit the little button labeled "word count."
Care to guess? More than 400,000 words. That's a little over 100,000 words a year in sermons. One more year and I'll be over a half-million. And that's not counting funerals or weddings, or Sunday school classes or prayers or children's sermons or counseling or home visits or hospital calls.
But let me tell you something. For all of my words, there are times when I don't know what to say. Sometimes, I am with people who are hurt so deeply or fallen so hard that my words fail. Sometimes, all I can do is cry for them.
Each sermon I write is in a computer file, and recently, in order to be able to search my sermons better to find something I'd written, I strung all those files together into one massive document. Four years worth of sermons all together. And then out of curiosity, I hit the little button labeled "word count."
Care to guess? More than 400,000 words. That's a little over 100,000 words a year in sermons. One more year and I'll be over a half-million. And that's not counting funerals or weddings, or Sunday school classes or prayers or children's sermons or counseling or home visits or hospital calls.
But let me tell you something. For all of my words, there are times when I don't know what to say. Sometimes, I am with people who are hurt so deeply or fallen so hard that my words fail. Sometimes, all I can do is cry for them.
