Rogation Sunday---5th Sunday after Easter. The Sowing and Reaping of our lives and the Making of Sermons
Making of Sermons Rogation Sunday, 5th S. after Easter and Making of our Lives through Sowing and Reaping I had the privilege of talking with a gentleman in California when I was there who used to discuss things with me in the retirement home where my Dad was living. ( He and his wife were both residents of the beautiful Retirement Home in Pacific Grove)I found out later I could never win an argument /discussion as he always seemed to have an answer. Later I found out he was the retired head of the Rhetoric dept and debate at Stanford Univ! No wonder. After several visits out there to see Dad we became friends and still discussed , but I was more prepared knowing who he was . He wrote a book recently on " The Rhetoric of the Pulpit" , Dr. Jon Ericson, and on the back he took my endorsement as a Retired Army Chaplain along with several others who had read his mss and assisted in that way. One of the things he says in his book which I rather like is " ...