Last weekend I attended my first ever “Women of Faith” event. It was awesome. Now I know what you’re thinking, “Wait Jon, you’re not a woman.”
I know, I thought about that too, but I still found it a lot of fun. I got a ton out of it and really only had one awkward moment. What was it?
The dancing.
Unbeknownst to me, during the praise and worship sessions, lots of people were dancing in their seats. Don’t believe me? Here’s what I tweeted as I stood in the aisle, trying to figure out what I, as one of 4 guys in an arena full of 10,000 women, was supposed to do:
“No one told me there’d be dancing at Women of Faith. Wasn’t planning on doing any pop n’ lock tonight, but sometimes the gift chooses you.”
I tweeted that because it’s true, sometimes you don’t pick the gift, the gift picks you. You don’t choose the moment, the moment chooses you. Pop n’ Lock is like that. And sometimes so are blog topics.
At the start of the week, I had no intention of writing about Earthquake sermon illustrations and yet … here we are. Thrust into the topic by the Spotsylvania Fault. (Totally googled how to spell that.)
More importantly, some earthquake sermons illustrations are about to hit your church this Sunday. Here are four you can expect.
Earthquake sermon illustrations
1. Pop Culture Potpourri
Two words, “Kardashian wedding.” Want to score a 10 on the relevance richter scale? Blame the whole thing on Kim Kardashian getting married. I’m not sure how you can tie them together, but I do know she recently lost an earring worth $75,000 in the ocean. I’d start there. Might have landed in an underwater volcano. Something to think about.
2. The End Times.
The earthquake was close to Washington D.C., the heart of American politics. Boom! That one practically writes itself. It’s been a while since we had a good end of the world scare and nothing gets your sermon going like the shifting of some tectonic plates under America’s capital.
3. The Narrow World View
Perfect chance to shame the entire sanctuary and say something like, “While you were worrying about the Kardashian wedding and that tiny little East Coast earthquake, 42 other real earthquakes were happening around the world. You have such a narrow world view.” I’m not going to lie to you, this one will not be fun to deliver, but it’s got some punch.
4. The West Coast.
Know want pastors on the West Coast are going to preach about on Sunday? Grace. Why? Get out of here with that little tremor you’re calling an East Coast earthquake. 5.8? That’s adorable. You know what we call that on the West Coast? Tuesday. Get over it.
Sometimes I wonder if I should charge money for this type of wisdom. Would you use the word “wisdom” or “resources?” Both? That’s kind of you. Really it is. But it’s the least I can do, given the hurricane of earthquake sermon illustrations we’re all about to face. (See what I did there? Double natural disaster references. We call that a win-win.)
Question:
Do you think your pastor will reference the earthquake this Sunday?
