Huckleberry Finn

I’ve been a preacher for some years but I’m still tempted by books with tips and techniques on preaching, thick commentaries that elucidate, expound and explicate scripture, books that unpack the original Hebrew and Greek. Now, more than then, I’m with Huckleberry Finn. Huck knew a few things about getting the words just right: “I went right along, not fixing up any particular plan, but just trusting to providence to put the right words in my mouth when the time come: for I’d noticed that providence always did put the right words in my mouth, if I left it alone.” [Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain]