Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Proper 27 | OT 32 (2012)
Illustration
Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
Ted Geisel of Springfield, Massachusetts, wanted to be a writer. He especially wanted to write for children, but his fantasies were a bit weird. He gravitated to drawing cartoons. Then he put his ideas into a book and went to Manhattan and made the rounds of the leading publishers. He hit a wall of rejection. No less than 27 publishing houses turned him down. The most frequent explanation was that his work was "too different" from other children's books.
Ted Geisel of Springfield, Massachusetts, wanted to be a writer. He especially wanted to write for children, but his fantasies were a bit weird. He gravitated to drawing cartoons. Then he put his ideas into a book and went to Manhattan and made the rounds of the leading publishers. He hit a wall of rejection. No less than 27 publishing houses turned him down. The most frequent explanation was that his work was "too different" from other children's books.
