So . . . I Just Wrote
Abstract
This project began as an assignment for the completion and requirement for my
undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College. The assignment was to simply write and
compose a collection of sermons. As with most long projects that I have done over my
academic career, I decided to start from the very beginning and incorporate what was
most familiar to me. As a result, I began to study and rework the sermon that began my
preaching ministry; "When it Rains, it Pours." Being as though this sermon falls in the
middle of Elijah's life, I wanted to go back and study Elijah's introduction and departure
from scripture. As I read about Elijah, I not only saw a revered prophet, but I saw us, you
and I. I saw scriptures and lessons that would speak to the minds and hearts of God's
children in 2004 and beyond. As I continued to read there was a small still voice that told
me, "Just write." The more I read, the louder the voice rang in my spirit. So ... I just
wrote.