[Magdalen] D's letter

[Roland Orr]

Church of England Readers are taught to preach in about 10 mins which is 
the time most  congregations can concentrate for, so they may take  
about 12 mins max
Roland

On 07/10/2014 00:33, Susan Hagen wrote:
> An Episcopal priest friend told me that she was taught that a sermon
> should be about God and about 10 minutes.
> Susan
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am sure his sermons are suffering in length.
>>
>> Which reminds me of one of my favorite stories:
>> Two old black men, Sam and Joe, were sitting in church listening to their
>> preacher.  Sam kept nodding off.  Joe kept nudging him to stay awake.
>> Finally, Joe whispers, "How come you keep falling asleep?"  Sam whispers
>> back, "Lordy, I wish he were done!"  Joe whispers back, "Oh, he's done, he
>> just ain't finished yet!"
>>
>> +++
>> Grace & peace,
>> jon
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