Preaching the word of God…

Yesterday, as part of my internship at Saint Paul, I got the opportunity to preach my first sermon.  Before I started, I shared a little story about my last major speaking engagement at my high school graduation:

“I should warn you, the last time I spoke in public was at my high school graduation.  It was a breezy day, and I was one of three commencement speakers.  I put my speech on the podium and as I was about to begin, I felt a breeze, so I reached up to keep my cap from blowing away.  It was at that precise moment that several thousand people looked on in horror as all 9 pages of my speech took off down the football field.  Fortunately for me, there’s no breeze in the sanctuary right now, and fortunately for you, even if there was, I only have five pages to blow away today…”

To watch the video of THAT encounter, and see my perfect embodiment of the “can’t let a little thing like that get me down” mentality, go ahead and watch the video here on youtube.

Read Sunday’s sermon here, after the jump…