I preached last night at the Ash Wednesday service at Resurrection Central. I believe that God used me to introduce and remind people of God’s story, their story and to offer the invitation to connect the two.
Throughout the day yesterday, I found that I was getting a significant traffic spike here at Thoughts of Resurrection. I found that it was coming through searches. Here is a comparison of the search terms that people used to visit my blog since Monday:
Monday, February 23, 2009
| Search |
Views |
| thoughts of resurrection |
4 |
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| does god answer all of a persons prayers |
2 |
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| andrew conard |
2 |
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| proper dress attire for church |
1 |
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| different attire on church |
1 |
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| lydia circle |
1 |
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| prayer of thanks for resurrection |
1 |
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| god answers prayer |
1 |
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| icon: the trinity |
1 |
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| wikipedia pastoral education |
1 |
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
| Search |
Views |
| ash wednesday sermons |
7 |
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| ash wednesday sermon |
5 |
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| sermon central and ash wed. service |
2 |
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| 10 prayers god answers |
2 |
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| ash wednesday 2009 sermons |
2 |
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| andrew conard |
2 |
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| lent mars hill bible church |
2 |
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| proper church attire |
1 |
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| god answers prayers in three ways |
1 |
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| pastoral prayers |
1 |
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
| Search |
Views |
| ash wednesday sermon |
46 |
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| ash wednesday sermons |
17 |
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| ash wednesday thoughts |
4 |
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| methodist fasting rules |
3 |
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| church attire |
2 |
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| united methodist book of discipline onli |
2 |
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| ash wednesdaysermon |
2 |
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| ash wed sermon |
2 |
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| andrew conard |
2 |
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| ash wednesday sermon umc |
2 |
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One reply on “Day and Data after Ash Wednesday”
At first glance, we might think it’s lazy preachers who are searching last minute for a sermon to download and read. But I wonder if it’s more preachers that have simply gotten too busy, and on a short week like this one with a mid-week sermon and then regular Sunday coming up, I must admit I was tempted to search for sermons to borrow illustrations or points if I hadn’t discerned a specific thought for my congregation based on Joel. Sure laziness might be a factor. But I think pastoral expectations by ourselves and others often crowd out the ministry of the word.