Soporific Sermons

About the Book

Ho, Hum! Another book of sermons by a retired preacher, who thinks his sermons are better than anybody else’s.

Well, they are.

A writer of novels wrote these sermons. The author thus makes them easy to read (or listen to), filled with humor, and down to earth. They are definitely not pietistic drivel!

One of them even won a national contest and was published in Best Sermons of 1988.

The dedication page says that these sermons are for two kinds of people:

1. Preachers who have to prepare one or more sermons a week. Feel free to use any or all of the material in this book.
2. People who have trouble falling asleep at night. These sermons are soporific. Take one and call me in the morning.

About the Author

James R. Shott is a Presbyterian minister who took early retirement in 1980 to become a writer. Sixteen of his novels have been published, translated into other languages, won awards, and published in large print. Other publications: short stories, magazine articles, poems, and newspaper columns. Most people call him “Jim.” Three women call him “Dad.” Seven young adults call him “Granddad.” One two-year-old calls him “Great-granddad.” His wife, to whom he has been married for well over a century, calls him—well, never mind.