The Sermon

In the beginning, writing the sermon was a difficult task to say the least. I've never personally gone to church and been present for one. And looking through the Bible and writing my own in my eyes was going to be a mess. How was I going to start it? What would I be talking about? How would I make it convincing? These were the lingering thoughts I had as I attempted to write it. Thankfully, Samuel Proctor laid out four points that immensely helped in the process.

1. Is the universe friendly place?

2. Can this package of urges be reconciled to the will of God?
3. Is true community possible?
4. Is our space time frame of reference the only one, or is there more?

First and foremost, writing the sermon came right before finals week. My mind was almost entirely focused on what I had to do for that week. I knew I was going to stress, and I knew I would keep pushing this off because of procrastination. With that said, I began to think about the idea of procrastination and that of the second point of carnal urges being reconciled with. It was with this connection that I found my inspiration for my sermon, but I also found that focusing on that could branch out to all four as well. 

In my sermon, I quote Ephesians 3;14-19, in which it shares;

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith- that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

The fullness of God, the power he gives us to overcome difficulty, and the ability to live a more diverse life nails the first point because in overcoming difficulty we know God is there. Then, my sermon was about overcoming procrastination, in which fulfills the second. Next, the ability to live a full and accomplished life is that of the fourth point, our space time frame of reference. Finally, because of finals week, the sermon was relatable and in doing so made it readily assessable for genuine community to occur.

At the end of the day, it was at first difficult to compose a sermon. However, after reading Proctor’s four points, it was much easier to set my own base line, but also become inspired by the ever looming evens that were about to unravel. It to me, set the foundation for my finals week and honestly helped my through it. In other words, I found my own religious inspiration this project.