Proper 28C
"So make up your minds NOT to prepare your defense in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict." (Luke 21:5-19) I'll let you into one of my nightmares, because that is exactly what you want right this minute. I am an introvert and the idea of getting up before a crowd, a judge, even standing here now, without anything prepared to say, is terrifying to me. Down right terrifying. When I was in high school I was terrified of public speaking. I remember my first public speaking class, when I wasn't able to complete a short speech because I thought I was going to throw up. At the time I knew I wanted to become a priest and I knew from watching the priests of the church I went to, that I was going to have to speak in public someday and that I needed to work on it. I asked God for help and God pro...