So I was surprised and slightly unsure when I heard that Mark Donaldson was going to preach this Sunday. Not that he wouldn't do a good job because he did, but it was more of a "Oh great...how can I make fun of him?"
Truth be told, I couldn't find anything except to say, "Yes father, I suppose you had to do this to me! You had to have Mark preach a 'nice' serious sermon, with no mirrors or fruit!"
Sadly my friends, there were no over-sized mirrors, or pale-faced princesses, so this probably won't be near as comical as the last one.
However there were a couple of things that i thought could be used as something rather funny!
Mark mentioned a transformation thingy when he used the analogy of metamorphosis. So I thought, "Hey! Maybe I can use something here!" So Mark the great intellectual man, told us of the fabulous intricacies of metamorphawhatever, so that we would understand that with God's help and guidance we can transform ourselves into a....(pause for effect...)A BUTTERFLY! Tadahhh! See!See! Wasn't that exciting!? You can just feel the excitement gushing through this virtual paper!
But seriously Mark had some great points, the most important(and I think most repeated)was that we need our relationship with Jesus Christ! (There Mark, I complimented you!)
But in all seriousness this was a fantastic sermon, blah, blah, blah, and I was really bummed that there were no ridiculous props or over dramatic gestures. but hey you did great Mark! :)
God Bless! And I hope you enjoyed it!
~Andrea Crowley :)
P.S. Here are some more verses for you scholarly types who obviously find my blog boring: Ecclesiastes 4:12, Proverbs 18:1 (Also I have included the link to the actual sermon on the page, judge for yourself.)
http://app.razorplanet.com/acct/42805-6621/tmpl/index.php?nid=125745&s=gl&preview=true
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Dear Snow White
Seeing as this is my first blog I'm not quite sure how this will turn out. As many people know I am using this blog to express my view on my Father's sermons.
This one is titled "Dear Snow White" because, perhaps, every time I think of the words, "Mirror, mirror on the wall..." I think of a girl who has a bad allergic reaction to fruit. (Particularly apples.) However today's sermon had really, nothing to do with Snow White, so that idea crashed and burned. However I didn't pull your "average teenager" and just come up with something completely random to get a laugh. My father's sermon did have something to do with mirrors.
In fact it had something to do with a very large, over-sized mirror (Love you Aunt Shelia!) that my brilliant and wise sage of a dad decided to start blinding people with. (Love you Dad but perhaps that isn't the best tactic to boost attendance.) Or maybe he decided that was the best way to wake people up, haha just kidding, though really I don't think that worked too well either. But anyway the whole point of this mirror was that my Father was trying to illustrate that one, we look at ourselves either, far too much, or far too little. And the second, that perhaps some of us need a new hobby.
But seriously, he had a great point that without a mirror or a checklist or some sort of guide(See Dad I pay attention) we are lost in how to deal with life. And that as my Father fabulously showed, a fun house mirror can only distort the truth. And that we need to be able to point out the truth, and stick to it!
Unfortunately because my Dad preached a really good and more serious sermon, I couldn't pull as many jokes as I was hoping but oh well, he does his best!
I hope you guys enjoyed it and had a blast!
Love everyone! God Bless!
~Andrea Crowley :)
P.S. Here are some of the verses that my Father used for you more scholarly types who probably find my blog boring: James 1:23, Acts 17:22, Luke 16:14, Acts 2:38.
1/9/2011
This one is titled "Dear Snow White" because, perhaps, every time I think of the words, "Mirror, mirror on the wall..." I think of a girl who has a bad allergic reaction to fruit. (Particularly apples.) However today's sermon had really, nothing to do with Snow White, so that idea crashed and burned. However I didn't pull your "average teenager" and just come up with something completely random to get a laugh. My father's sermon did have something to do with mirrors.
In fact it had something to do with a very large, over-sized mirror (Love you Aunt Shelia!) that my brilliant and wise sage of a dad decided to start blinding people with. (Love you Dad but perhaps that isn't the best tactic to boost attendance.) Or maybe he decided that was the best way to wake people up, haha just kidding, though really I don't think that worked too well either. But anyway the whole point of this mirror was that my Father was trying to illustrate that one, we look at ourselves either, far too much, or far too little. And the second, that perhaps some of us need a new hobby.
But seriously, he had a great point that without a mirror or a checklist or some sort of guide(See Dad I pay attention) we are lost in how to deal with life. And that as my Father fabulously showed, a fun house mirror can only distort the truth. And that we need to be able to point out the truth, and stick to it!
Unfortunately because my Dad preached a really good and more serious sermon, I couldn't pull as many jokes as I was hoping but oh well, he does his best!
I hope you guys enjoyed it and had a blast!
Love everyone! God Bless!
~Andrea Crowley :)
P.S. Here are some of the verses that my Father used for you more scholarly types who probably find my blog boring: James 1:23, Acts 17:22, Luke 16:14, Acts 2:38.
1/9/2011
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