What I’ve learned in my first year of preaching at home

It was Sunday, September 12, 2021, and I was nervous as all get-out. I stood at the mic stand that served as our pulpit, my manuscript fully written and displayed on Emily’s iPad, my printed backups placed beside them for just in case. It wasn’t my first time preaching. But it was my first time preaching at the church I call home.

Preaching at “home” for the first time

For years, I had felt a desire to someday do this, if the Lord allowed the opportunity. I served as pulpit supply for mor...