Wednesday 10 October 2007

He Came, He Spoke, He Left


"He came, he spoke, he left." That's the three line novel Alex Tang has for me.

Alex posted an interesting entry on composing three lines novel. So I commented that for a talkative person like me, "it would be very difficult to do a 3 lines novel...but perhaps I should try it once for my sermon." And in reply, this is what I got from Alex: "He came, he spoke, he left."

Hmmm....I have to think hard since I normally complain about sermons that are over 45 minutes in length. For me, a good length sermon should preferably not exceed 35 minutes (well, I know some may dispute this. Some prefer a longer sermon, some shorter).

Perhaps a three lines sermon would be a nice change....I know for sure that my colleague in charge of AV will be very pleased with this.

He came
He spoke
He left....

And so the pastor of the church said, "And we will never invite him back to our pulpit again."

10 comments:

Steven Sim said...

I read that ze great Wittgenstein spoke only for 4 minutes for introducing philosophy in the Moral Sc Club, cambridge.

Smart ppl talk less...folks like meself..hahahah..we talk alot.

Jack

Reb Anthony Loke said...

the best known three lines that would easily make a three lines novel - I came, I saw, I conquered (Julius Caesar).

Kar Yong said...

Jack Said,

Yup...yup...so true. People like us can only yak yak yak rubbish...

pearlie said...

Kar Yong,
You mean all I have been getting is rubbish?? Oh no ...

:P

Anonymous said...

Hi Kar Yong

Looking forward to hearing your sermon on the 4th Nov at CDPC. Hope it will be more than 3 lines.

Kar Yong said...

Hi Pearlie,

You mean you didn't know? What happen to your filter?

Kar Yong said...

Hi SP,

You worship in CDPC. Come and introduce yourself on Nov 4 then. Good to put the face and name together!

Anonymous said...

Hi Kar Yong

Sure. See you then.

pearlie said...

Ya lor ... rosak dy ...

Kar Yong said...

Pearlie,

Better get it repaired soon! The faster the better, especially if you ever think of taking any other modules with me!