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Pulpit Bloopers
For those of us who preach regularly, it is inevitable that from
time to time we may not say quite what we meant to say…
I
n the great tradition of the Reverend
Spooner, a preacher declared, ‘As I
was sitting down on my thought, a
seat struck me.’
A vicar was once preaching on the
subject of creation, and getting caught
up in his theme, caused himself great
embarrassment: ‘Remember that
the same Creator who made the vast
ocean made the glistening dewdrop,
the Creator who made the mountain
range made the flawless gemstone and
the same Creator who made me, made
a perfect pansy.’
Rev Robert Gee writes, ‘I was quoting
from the passage in Mark 10:25 and
said, ‘It is easier for a rich man to
go through the eye of a needle than
for a camel to enter the kingdom of
God’. I paused, gave a twirl in the
pulpit and said, ‘Sorry, I’ll say that
again!’... getting it right that time. The
congregation saw the funny side of
it but they didn’t forget it in a hurry.
Such things can actually endear us to
the people, as they and we realise that
we are thoroughly human – something
some church attenders don’t always
believe about preachers!’
One pastor went into the pulpit
one morning wearing a new pair
of bifocals. The bottom half, for
reading, worked fine, but the top
half, for distance, made him feel very
dizzy. He said to his congregation, ‘I
hope you will excuse my continually
removing my glasses. You see, when
I look down I can see fine, but when I
look at you I feel sick.’
Email us your
favourite blooper
([email protected]). We will print
the best in the next issue of Preach.
Cartoon: Dave Walker www.cartoonchurch.com
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