Wow...

So, I am preaching on Sunday at East Dallas Christian Church. This is the congregation that I grew up in from the time I was in 7th grade. I love this church, it is my home. To have the opportunity to preach there is exciting, but it is also scary. Scary in the sense that they are much more high church than the congregation that I am currently serving. But really, like I said, this is home.

So want to know what is really scaring me about preaching this Sunday?

I am preaching sermon number 3 in a series. That's right...I was given my scripture and my topic. Ok, that's not too bad, I can handle that. My topic - Communion and Baptism. Again. I can handle that.

What makes it so hard then, Debra?

I'll tell you. The fact that the parameters of the sermon were sort of laid out for me. I have to add in Disciples History of Communion and Baptism. I also have to talk about why we call them ordinances instead of sacraments (even though I tend to call the sacraments, not ordinances...).

Gah.

I feel like I'm losing my own voice by trying to cater to what my minister wants me to talk about. So, now I'm trying to let God speak through me, because this sermon is the toughest I've ever written. I want to have fun with it, and for it to retain my voice...but, man, that's tough when I'm having to do a history lesson. *sigh*

I can do it...I'm not worried about it, I'm just ready to be happy with what I've written so far...