Don’t Panic!

Tip 1: When getting ready to leave for church on the morning you’re presenting the sermon, don’t neglect to put page 1 in your backpack along with all the other papers you printed out.

Tip 2: Drink your coffee before checking over your notes, so that it doesn’t take you 3 times to notice that you’ve forgotten said page (the last being 10 minutes before the service starts).

Tip 3: Practice your sermon well enough ahead of time that you can recreate portions of it from memory (scribbled hurriedly on a spare piece of paper) if needed.

Fortunately I was ready for #3 despite failing #s 1 and 2!

Amusingly (in retrospect), this is almost exactly the scenario that occurred in the stress dream I had two weeks ago, just prior to presenting the same sermon at the other Mennonite church in Seattle.

5 Responses to “Don’t Panic!”

  1. So are you going to post the sermon text already, or do I have to beg?

    Jonny said this on May 19th, 2008 at 6:40 am

  2. Haha, you seemingly have far too much free time in the week before your wedding, Jonny. 🙂

    I’ll edit in a couple things that got jotted in the margins and try to post it later this evening.

    davisagli said this on May 19th, 2008 at 7:09 am

  3. I am glad to hear that the sermon went well despite your worst dreams taking place 🙂
    Also thanks for reminding me about where I had heard the hymn, now that you mention it was gc one where I first heard that. Also did you take any pictures of said cheese festival?

    Abby said this on May 20th, 2008 at 6:36 am

  4. Dude! May 19th! I, who have no blog, depend on my friends who do, to write, write, write! Um, please.

    jrosei said this on July 7th, 2008 at 7:38 am

  5. Wait, didn’t you use to have a blog, Jess?

    Things that look wrong in print, #589: “use to”

    davisagli said this on July 7th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

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