Sharp left turn

Sometimes when you are writing a sermon, you realize that you are actually writing more than one sermon, and trying to cram them into one. This just happened to me. Realization dawned when I noticed I was up to 3600 words (2000 is about what my congregation enjoys). So those other 1600 words I had been working so hard on for the early part of this week all went into a special file I promise myself I will use later. Fortunately the 2 sermons were practically perferated, so it was not too hard to tease the 2 apart. I am surprised by what remains however. It is not at all what I thought my sermon would be about. The title on the order of service will not be the one listed in the newsletter I tell you what.