Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Lent 3 (2012)
Illustration
Exodus 20:1-17
One week a picture of a Harvard University president appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine with a one-word banner headline: "EXHAUSTED." What had happened was that Harvard president Neil Rudenstine had overslept one morning in November 1994 in the midst of a million-dollar-a-day fund-raising campaign. For this perfectionist it was a wake-up call. He simply had collapsed. He went to see his doctor who prescribed a three-month sabbatical during which he left his administrative duties and spent time with his wife relaxing on a Caribbean beach.
One week a picture of a Harvard University president appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine with a one-word banner headline: "EXHAUSTED." What had happened was that Harvard president Neil Rudenstine had overslept one morning in November 1994 in the midst of a million-dollar-a-day fund-raising campaign. For this perfectionist it was a wake-up call. He simply had collapsed. He went to see his doctor who prescribed a three-month sabbatical during which he left his administrative duties and spent time with his wife relaxing on a Caribbean beach.
