Sometimes people assume that preaching works this way: a preacher prepares a sermon during the week, finishes it at some point—maybe Friday afternoon or Saturday night—and then gets up and preaches the finished product in worship on Sunday. This may be the way it appears on the surface, but experienced preachers know better: sermons are never actually finished. There are always loose ends, questions that could have been pursued in more depth, stones left unturned, intriguing