I think you are very, very fortunate to know pastors whose sermons you want to hear over and over. I suspect in most congregations the sheep would start counting each other.

Our pastor is the best preacher I have ever heard – ever – anyplace. Don’t want to exaggerate here – but people leave church and you hear reverberations of his homily (Catholic for sermon) – for weeks. His Easter homily three years ago – still comes up in conversation. Kids at school will bring up Fr’s sermon. Now Catholic priests are not often remarkable preachers – few have the kind of salesman savvy that many great preachers have. there are those few who are careerists, aiming to be bishops and important who preach powerfully on occasion. but our guy is no careerist. He has the ear, the timing, the spirit, the passion, the humor and the faith and most of all a knowledge of Scripture, history, spirituality and people that is beyond belief. He takes difficult concepts and brings them to a place that moves people to change their hearts and act. But, our pastor is also always in trouble with the higher ups – I mean always. We’re waiting for the shoe to drop – he will go too far toward preaching the Gospel and a bishop will silence him or make sure he is moved. It is frightening to the powers and principalities of the world when the Gospel is truly truly preached. I’ve heard Billy Graham preach the Gospel, and I’ve heard Fr. Richard Rohr of the Franciscans preach the Gospel. But, I’ve never been moved toward the kind of conversion that our pastor evokes from almost anyone in the pews. I feel blessed to hear him – even if I know for sure that he will be taken from us – he’s as dangerous a Christian as any I have ever known. May I sometime be as brave and true as he is.

OK, I’m downloading Pastor Jeff. Listened to the first one and – understand why David is listening over and over. Recognize a holy guy when you hear one.