I make an effort to use sermon illustrations outside of my own hobbies and interests. I know it gets tedious when the preacher uses the same stories over and over, so I really try for variety. And there was a bit in my last Sunday’s sermon where I was talking about the communion of saints as a great big cheering section. Originally I had planned to compare them to a whole crowd of soccer moms but at the last minute I thought, “Red Sox fans!” (Thanks, Hatrack.) I thought it was a great illustration, and really helped with the point I was trying to make. Although people at one of the churches looked at me kind of funny after I said it.
So today I had lunch with a church member and she said, “I really liked your sermon on Sunday, but do you realize you said the Red Sox won the Super Bowl?” Me: “I didn’t!?” Her: “Yep.” Which, I suppose, explains the funny looks. I’m pretty sure I got it right at the other church, though.
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*Notes that the mere title of this thread would give DKW even more reasons to hide under the bed if she uttered such a statement at Notre Dame*
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Pity. Ellsworth woulda been easier on you. Sarah tell you, or someone else? Someone else, I bet, Sarah wouldn't have waited 'til today.
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You know, after the Ptriots' performance on Sunday, I bet the Red Sox have as good a chance as they do of winning the Super Bowl.
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You were just testing their faith, that's all. Were they to have faith as a grain of mustard seed, the Sox could win the Super Bowl. Posts: 2919 | Registered: Aug 2004
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My rabbi, who is from Argentina, worked the Olympics into his sermon for a month (Argentina won basketball and soccer).
I refer to every non-football championship as the whatever Super Bowl. For example, I couldn't have cared less about the baseball Super Bowl.
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ElJay, in Ellsworth someone would have just said, "don't you mean the World Series?" and I'd have said, "oops," and we'd all have laughed about it. Instead of them all whispering to each other and nobody saying anything to me. One or two of them might have even said it right during the sermon. Posts: 9866 | Registered: Apr 2002
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Football is religion in Green Bay. Go to church on a Sunday morning of a home game, and try not to see the green and gold. To get people's attention, naturally the speakers will invoke football. It doesn't often work, unfortunately, as there are those in the congregation who pay a bit more attention to their Walkmen than the sermon.
This is all true. I've seen it at more than one church on a regular basis. I wish I could make this up.
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When I lived in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, our pastor would wear his Packers sweater on game days under his robes. It really is a religion there. I've known people who have missed flights to watch the end of a game in the airport.
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NPR this morning was talking to one of the great old basketball coaches. He was telling stories. He once asked the Cardinal, "These boys, when they get up on the line for a free throw, they cross themselves. Does this help."
The Cardinal answered "It does if they can shoot."
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I thought sports fanatics and religion were mutually exclusive since most religions are firmly against cults... (other than their own, that is)
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My pastor has had the misfortune of messing up science metaphors in front of a congregation with more than its fair share of professors.
I think he also referenced the book of Hezekiah once.
Don't worry, I'm sure everyone will have a good laugh and then forget about it, except when they dig the story out to make fun of you Posts: 3546 | Registered: Jul 2002
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