Quote of the Day

by Richard on May 24, 2005

“A sermon should be like a woman’s skirt: short enough to arouse one’s interest, but long enough to cover the subject.”
~ Source Unknown

{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Joel Thomas 05.24.05 at 3:51 pm: “How many points should a good sermon have? At least one.”

Source forgotten
2 Andrew Careaga 05.24.05 at 4:12 pm: I love that quote!
3 Richard 05.24.05 at 4:26 pm: Good to “see” you again, Andrew!
4 Jen 05.24.05 at 4:28 pm: hehehehehe
Thats enough to cheer anyone up!
5 Sarah 05.24.05 at 7:14 pm: Excellent!
6 Faithful Progressive 05.24.05 at 8:36 pm: Great–maybe this quote applies to Blog Posts, too?

FP
7 RobS 05.25.05 at 8:17 pm: We evangelicals think that sermons should be like Andrex–
soft, strong and very long
8 John 05.25.05 at 10:39 pm: I suddenly feel a strange, strong urge to write very short sermons.
9 Dave Warnock 05.25.05 at 11:36 pm: Personally I like preaching short sermons. So much in fact that I have been known to include 3 or even 4 in a service
10 John 05.26.05 at 1:13 am: Hmm. Let me mix some proverbs:

“Preach the Gospel, and when necessary, use skirts.”
11 rev mommy 05.26.05 at 3:14 am: I usually do. That is preach in a skirt. How about you?
12 Richard 05.26.05 at 7:38 am: I do sometimes wear what my daughter calls a dress…
13 Pamela 06.01.05 at 1:05 pm: what a great quote.

I suspect it could be reapplied in many a situation.