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Nearly every preacher struggles with finding enough time in the week to write effective sermons. Or, if they’re able to find the time, when they sit down to write, they find that they are constantly distracted by emails, social media notifications, or their own wandering thoughts. I experienced those same struggles until I began joining an online co-working community of people intent on eliminating distractions in order to produce their most creative, productive work.
I couldn’t help but wonder how these tools could be applied to spiritual community and especially to preachers, who struggle with both focus and isolation in sermon preparation. That’s why I’m helping to launch Preacher’s Block, an online community of preachers who enter a focused Zoom space for 90 minutes in order to produce our deepest work.
Setting aside this block of time in an online co-working community of preachers removes the biggest obstacles most preachers face when they write sermons:
Distraction – Our thoughts are more fragmented than ever, with pastoral needs and to-do lists longer than we can ever get to the end of. Our time for focused sermon prep is often taken away by someone needing “just 5 minutes” or given away when we can’t mentally settle down to work and find other things to do.
Isolation – In a very social vocation, preparing sermons is perhaps the most isolating part of our week. This is why we work in coffee shops, wander to social media, and talk our spouse’s and friends’ ears off about our sermon topics.
Preacher’s Block is a focused space where we put our distractions away and work individually but together. The tools for rewiring our scattered brains into monotasking machines are offered in a supportive environment of others who are also doing the hard but rewarding work of getting ready to preach.
Sign up for any of the upcoming 90-minute preacher’s blocks. In fact, you can sign up for two sessions or even more! See familiar faces. Get work done and leave lighter and more ready for Sunday.
