And never more than a week ahead, although she usually knows which texts are coming down the line. Because until transformation happens to you, it won't happen to anyone else.
Time simply has to be taken to produce a good sermon.
It was a time for listening and grappling, disagreeing and discerning. And dreaming, too, about doing a better job back home of what the 1,000 or so ministers who came to Montreat do every week - preach. Participants also explored how to find more substantive ways to nurture their own spiritual lives. Take Carrie Scott, for example. So this is kind of like a Jubilee.