Sunday…. That preacher, That speaker!..

 Picture if the day.

Now for today’s stuff

We have all sat under that lecture, sermon, speech, or campaign dialog that we couldn’t wait for it to be over. Lots of reasons for that, some good, some not. BUT, have you ever sat under that speech, talk, lecture or sermon, That you wanted it to continue, or hated to see it end.

Lots of reasons for that also, many good. I have heard a couple military guys give lectures that when it was over, you GOT it! It made sense. Others, Not so hot!

When my hearing started failing, I started noticing, I could understand some TV ministers much better than at a church service. Charles Stanley was one I liked and could understand.

Oh man, I could understand D. James Kennedy word for word and I stayed tuned in, wrapped up!

And a Guy named Hayford, he kept me on the edge of my seat. On radio and TV.

I had a 7^th grade teacher, Ms Grill. I listened when she spoke, I learned under her.

Once a Bible teacher George Voohis had that same effect. Other students said the same, he held your attention.

If someone could save that characteristic, that some calls charisma; bottle it for sale they could make a million $. But that cannot be taught methinks. It is either a blessing, a gift, an anointing or something, but dang it, it works.

To me, what it boils down to is becoming a great story teller. Don’t laugh at that, ONE that I and many millions respect was a great teacher. Have you ever taken the time to realize that Jesus Himself, taught with stories or parables. People flocked to hear him.

I heard a man I respected highly say of one of his pastors, he kept you coming back, he did ot try to say it all in one sermon.

When I heard that old man say that, my mind went back to what was called ‘Serials’ at the Saturday morning movies. They would leave you hanging, you had to come back next week to see what happened.

If the ability to grab attention and hold it could be taught, we would have a lot of silver tongued saints and devils….

There are writers who WRITE! There are speakers that SPEAK! WE who read and listen can tell the difference..

Nite Shipslog

PS: One thing makes a good speaker, “He/She knows when they should end the sermon, speech or diatribe!”