Sunday Comes Every Week: Daily Habits For the Busy Preacher

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: Seasoned advice for pastors facing the weekly challenge of preparing sermons

For pastors, a new sermon comes every week. Conventional wisdom says that pastors need to sequester themselves to prepare their weekly sermon without distraction. But veteran preacher Frank Honeycutt suggests just the opposite: prepare your sermons as part of a daily, lived experience in the community.

Using the days of the week as a framework, Honeycutt describes practical and essential tasks leading up to the writing and delivery of the Sunday sermon-habits that will provide lasting spiritual nourishment for pastors who plan for a long career in parish ministry. With humor and candid acknowledgment of his own mistakes and doubts, Honeycutt reflects on the joys and hazards of ministry and explains how a faithful process of preaching shapes pastors for a lifetime of healthy ministry.

1. Monday: Listening

2. Tuesday: Hearing

3. Wednesday: Exegeting

4. Thursday: Naming

5. Reflecting: A Pastor Looks Back

6. Friday: Writing

7. Saturday: Rehearsing

8. Sunday: Offering