Yes, Pastor, You Can Deliver A Weekly Sermon That's Better Than A TED Talk

We don’t need another celebrity speaker to dazzle us. We need a humble shepherd who’s willing to be vulnerable.

Pastors face a lot of pressure to perform. Some of it, admittedly, is self-imposed.

One of the main places this pressure is felt is in the demand to research, write and deliver a great sermon every week.

In fact, several times in the last few months, I’ve read blog posts that have suggested that every Sunday sermon should be like a TED Talk. Wow. Talk about adding a little extra pressure.

Pastors face enough challenges without being expected to deliver the near-equivalent of a Pulitzer-prize-winning talk every week.

In today’s post, I’d like to do two things for my fellow pastors that may seem impossible to accomplish simultaneously.

• Relieve some of the performance pressure 
• Challenge us all toward something better

But first, let me answer a question that many of you may be asking. Read More