Preach Magazine Issue 2- Spring 2015 Feb. 2015 | Page 58

SERIAL 58 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 LWPT8462 - Preach Magazine - Issue 2 v2.indd 58 09/01/2015 14:36:24