Scripture as a cure for "Pastor's Block"

 I have wracked my brains and begun about thirty different notes for this week's post, but I seem to come up wanting every time!

When I first began writing my little missive, I intended to share a bit about what's happening in worship this week and leave you with a few things to consider in preparation for the coming Sunday's worship. Somewhere along the way I got sidetracked and have struggled with what to write about more times than not. Maybe it's a case of "pastor's block," instead of writer's block. And when it sometimes accompanies me all the way to the pulpit on Sunday mornings, it easily becomes a case of preacher's block, too! The best remedy, I find, is to drop the pretense, lose the lofty expectations of myself, and get back to the K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, sir!) version in this Corner.

This week in worship, I am preaching on Psalm 98 and John 15:9-17 and will be focusing on Jesus telling his disciples and us a bit more about abiding in the Love he came to demonstrate with his life, death, and resurrection. I plan to consider how we can love one another, and ways that we have a hard time loving one another, and ourselves, too, I think. I invite you into prayerful preparation in reading these two helpings of Scripture and reflect on recent ways you have found it both easy and difficult to follow Jesus' commandment to "love one another."

In the meantime, please be kind wherever you go, show love, and tell others how very much you (and THEY) are loved by God. That's a good start for now.
 
See you in church,
Pastor Chuck