by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Dec 4, 2018 | Sermon Illustrations, Wealth
This Week’s Sermon Illustration Tuesday provides some interesting data on wealth in America, compiled by the author Daniel Pink. Enjoy! Signs of Wealth in America During much of the twentieth century, the aspiration of most middle-class Americans was to own a...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 27, 2018 | Anger, Sermon Illustrations
Theophane, a Cistercian monk residing at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, tells a striking story that beautifully illustrates such letting go: I saw a monk working alone in the vegetable garden. I squatted down beside him and said, “Brother, what is...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 20, 2018 | Anger, Sermon Illustrations
Just before Christmas, my whole family piled into our kid-moving vehicle and rushed to the nearest mall to grab some last minute Christmas presents before dashing to a holiday party. As usual, we were running late and were slightly on edge. Entering the mall parking...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 13, 2018 | Leadership, Sermon Illustrations
We swim in an ocean of feedback. Each year in the United States alone, every schoolchild will be handed back as many as 300 assignments, papers, and tests. Millions of kids will be assessed as they try out for a team or audition to be cast in a school play. Almost 2...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 6, 2018 | Sermon Illustrations
In the novel, Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley, Buddy Crawford, a horse trainer, has a “born again experience but things don’t go according to plan. This is his prayer: “One night, when he was praying his usual prayer, he suddenly got up from his knees and sat down on the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Oct 30, 2018 | Sermon Illustrations, Worship
There was much I could have said in that moment. I could have contrasted different philosophies of ministry, especially in relation to the seeker movement in our postmodern culture, and explained how some view the Sunday service as having components of both worship...
