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December 11, 2014 By Fr. John A. Peck

7 Shortcuts to Hitting Your 10,000 Hours as a Preacher

by Eric McKiddie It takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert at something, according Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Outliers. That’s not very good news for preachers. To reach that number, you would have to preach a one-hour sermon every week for over 190 years, if you only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Preaching Tagged With: 10000 hours, Eric McKiddie, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers

December 11, 2014 By Fr. John A. Peck

Day 28 – Kitchen Table

The topic for Fri. December 12 – Day 28 of our 30 (40) Days of Blogging is KITCHEN TABLE The most important piece of furniture in your house. Tell me why! Tell your readers. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 30 (40) days blogging, Peck, John A. Fr. Tagged With: 2014, 30 (40) days blogging, kitchen table

December 10, 2014 By Fr. John A. Peck

Do You Wish To Be Happy?

by St. John Chrysostom Do you wish to be happy? Do you want to know how to spend the day truly blessed? I offer you a drink that is spiritual. This is not a drink for drunkenness that would cut off even meaningful speech. This does not cause us to babble. It does not disturb our vision. Here it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Patristic Sermons Tagged With: happiness, happy, Psalmody, psalms, psalter, st. john chrysostom

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