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A Look Back on "Nobody's Perfect"

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Happy Saturday! SO! Like I told you: a retrospective commentary on my third sermon from a perspective of 3.5 years in the future. Basically I'll be quoting large sections of my blog and replying to them in bold and underlined  lettering. I hope you enjoy! I know this is a really fluffy blog post, but y'know finals. And I know that's a bad excuse, but it's not as if this is my last blog post ever. Okay? Okay. Here we go: “Nobody’s Perfect” (But You’re Enough) The third Sermon of Jamal Davis Neal, Jr.  " Jane did a fantastic job with her sermon “You’re Enough” Don’t you think? And she’s only in 7th grade! It takes so much courage to stand up here and share a story, especially your own. I think she deserves a round of applause." It was actually such a coincidence that Jane and I did this; it was crazy! I texted her the idea that I had had and she told me that she has the same idea and told our assistant minister that morning! I'm gl

Holiday Hail Back 1: "Nobody's Perfect (But You're Enough)"

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Hey! Sorry for not successfully posting these past two weeks... also sorry for lying three weeks ago when I said the next post would be "Ohana & Anchors." Things got a little hectic when going home from school two weeks ago and last week and things are still a little hectic now... So here's a blast from the past... A Sermon that I wrote in freshman year. A lot of it is addressed to my church congregation, but I'm certain that it still contains a powerful message. “Nobody’s Perfect” (But You’re Enough) The third Sermon of Jamal Davis Neal, Jr.  Jane did a fantastic job with her sermon “You’re Enough” Don’t you think? And she’s only in 7th grade! It takes so much courage to stand up here and share a story, especially your own. I think she deserves a round of applause. So. Let’s switch gears now. This is the third sermon I’ve written. My first was in 6th grade and I shared it with the Youth Group. It was about bullying and how I dealt with bullies back