[Magdalen] D's letter

[Grace Cangialosi]

That's about how long I preach. I can tell when I'm losing them...

> On Oct 7, 2014, at 4:35 AM, Roland Orr <roland at orr55.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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