Sermon

I preached my first sermon this morning at St. Bart's. I think it went really well, and I got a few compliments on it. I always have a hard time figuring out how to respond to such comments, because I know that anything I manage to say that's any good is definitely the Spirit speaking through me. I guess I could say that, but it gets a little wordy, so I usually just say "Thanks."

After the sermon, I spent some time talking to Aaron and one of the parishoners about the sermon. They gave me some great constructive feedback, as well as some wonderful affirmations. The most interesting part for me was that I got the same feedback from Barb as I did from one of my classmates: I was too animated at the beginning of the sermon, and it seemed fake. I never knew that my go-to nervous reaction is to get more dramatic. Good to know, and I'll definitely keep working on that.

Well, to spare you having to read a long post and watching the sermon, here you go. This is my sermon from today, although it was filmed last week, and I definitely changed a few things in between: Woo!