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.