Fredrick Buechner convinced me. Before a sermon is anything it is silence. There was an eternity before “let there be light”. There were thirty years of obscurity before “blessed are the poor in spirit”. There are hours of study and preparation before “welcome to church this morning”. There are a few brief moments of personal reflection before “let’s open our Bibles”. Before a sermon is anything it is silence. And it is in silence that a sermon finds it’s power. Before we speak,
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