The Top Ten Things You are Likely to Hear in a Michael Curry Sermon (assembled by our Standing Committee and presented at a reception the Diocese of North Carolina held for the new PB in D.C. the night before the installation.):
10: “This morning I lift my text from…
EVERYONE: Anywhere but today’s propers!”
EVERYONE: Anywhere but today’s propers!”
9: “Now bear with me, I’m going somewhere with this!”
8: “God didn’t put you on this earth just to use up oxygen!”
7: “I’m not going to be up here long”
6: “If you’re breathing, God’s calling”
5: “We have a God! And that God raised Jesus from the dead.”
EVERYONE: “I don’t know how he did it, but he did!”
EVERYONE: “I don’t know how he did it, but he did!”
4: “When Israel was in Egypt land,”
Everyone (singing): LET MY PEOPLE GO!
Everyone (singing): LET MY PEOPLE GO!
3: “One more thing and then I’m going to sit down.”
2: “There is a balm in Gilead…”
And the Number one thing you are likely to hear in a Michael Curry sermon:
GO!!