How many testimonies?

To my recovery brothers and sisters, I ask the question have you ever wanted to scream at a boring droning ‘drunkalog’?

To my faith brothers and sisters, how many preachers have we heard that make you want to drink?

As a mixed-blood kind of guy, I have heard preachers who drone and make you want to jump out of your skin. And I have listened to people at meetings who drone on oblivious of the squirming of their audience.

But what is similar to the good ones in both areas?

1. They talk to the audience in human terms. They encourage identification. They don’t preach. Hard for a preacher!
2. They talk like they know where they are going. Follow me I have been there. And I came back. Hard for a poser!
3. They don’t threaten! They say follow me! Hard if your walk does not match your talk!
4. They speak from truth as they know from their experience. Hard for a pharisee!

What do the bad ones do?

1. Spread themselves and blow their own horn. So easy for all of us!
2. Potificate baseless theories. Stupid is easy!
3. Waste everyones time. Easy if you are the only impostant thing.
4. Shed no light. Easy if you don’t walk in the light.