[Magdalen] Feast.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I'm with you there, Ann; with very few exceptions, I haven't written out a sermon for about 8 years, and I think my preaching has only improved. The only downside is that I don't have copies to give people when they ask--and I never remember to record them. Interestingly, I did write out most of my sermon for this morning, and I'm not really sure why, since I love preaching on the Prologue to John.

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> I think I've said that I quit writing sermons just about the same time I
> retired.  Now when I preach (not every week, because we have a Deacon, a
> Deacon intern, and a licensed lay preacher), I just speak the good news.
> Usually I read the scripture in advance, and let it "simmer" during the
> week; but sometimes I don't.  Mostly, people want to hear what are the
> promises, what is the good news.  It doesn't take "3 points and a poem" to
> deliver that.  No notes, no manuscript equal no forgotten pages, ever!
> 
> Ann
> 
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> 
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> Some clergy have their sermon clipped into a loose-leaf folder which
>> should obviate that problem.
>>