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Greg Lee as Brother Preacher
Greg Lee as Brother Preacher

Once again I have proof positive that the Lord wasn’t kidding when he said he would provide.

It may not be what we were expecting or even wanting, but guaranteed, SOMEthing WILL be provided whether you like it or not.  That kind of assurance isn’t for everybody – but I like it.

I am referring, of course, to the way in which the Lord has recently provided a fabulous new preaching opportunity for me while my wife, Gidget and I are “on the road”.

As many of you know, I am a wandering missionary of sorts these days, scouring the country in search of pulpits to mount when no one’s lookin’.  And here we are, just a few days into this adventure and I’ve already scored my first wedding.  It’s my niece’s in Oklahoma. 

I’ve done some of my best work in the big “OK”.  I was also dis-fellowshiped twice here, but on balance, I think I’m gonna kill.

Now it IS true, I am not “officially” on the docket to preach this wedding, but that’s never stopped me in the past.  Besides, as everyone knows, weddings have killed off more Preachers than you can count.  Usually, during the ceremony.  Often the combined stress of grumpy elders, teaching Ladies Bible Class AND dealing with a crazy bride and her mother has put more than one Preacher in the ground early. 

It’s tough out there. 

So, in light of this tragic trend, you’ve GOT to have capable, handy, Preaching School-qualified Preachers at the ready with a 3 point, New Testament-based, illustration-rich sermon to jump in at a moments notice. 

Lucky for you, I’m here.  I AM that Preacher. 

I may LOOK like the back-up guy, but I’m really the hero of the whole wedding in back-up guy clothes.  Trust me, I’ve made a CAREER of doin’ this.  There’s nobody who can touch me in hornin’ in on weddings.

I do it not so much because I like weddings (the food isn’t really my style – I prefer funeral food), but because weddings are an excellent opportunity for what I call “Sniper Sermon Preaching”. 

While the crowd is expecting for me to give all that lovey-dovey, “do you take” junk, I jump up and blast ’em with a good old-fashioned “Sodom and Gomorrah – straighten up – barn -burner- special”.  Maybe throw in some teeth gnashin’ stuff at the end.  I love it.  They don’t know what hit ’em. 

With Sniper Wedding Sermons, I can average right around 5 baptisms a wedding.  Of course, the weddings don’t always “take” like we’d like but, come on…anybody can do a wedding, it takes a PREACHER to pull off 5 baptisms AT a wedding. 

Plus that, I’m already married so what do I care?  Whatever.

So, Saturday is the BIG DAY.  I’ll play it cool til then; pretend to help Gidget with the whole fish bowl, boutonniere, cake thing; but as soon as that other Preacher keels over in his Bible, it…is…ON.

Did somebody say, “Preach-a-pa-lujah”?

I LOVE Preaching weddings.  Don’t you?  Who wouldn’t?

The cake isn’t bad either.

Stay tuned Preaching fans – I’m goin’ in.  

As together we stand and sing.

Greg Lee
Greg Leehttp://brotherpreachercantype.blogspot.com/
For five years, Greg was host and contributing producer of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning PBS show, "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" He also hosted Nickelodeon’s "Total Panic", the ESPN music video show "Max Out", several segments of NBC's "Inside Stuff" with Ahmad Rashad, and a number of specials for the premium movie channel SHOWTIME. For 6 years he co-hosted the NBA’s “Stay In School Spectacular” for NBC, working with Sinbad, Queen Latifa, Mary J. Blige, Heavy D, Kid N Play, Boys II Men, Salt N Peppa, and Wil Smith. As an actor, Greg appeared on "The George Lopez Show", "The District", "The Drew Carey Show", "Newsradio", "Mad About You", "Sesame Street", "Ghost Writer", and "World Cup Comedy" as well as many TV and radio commercials for Honday, Subaru, Nestle's, Southwest Airlines, Office Depot, Delta Airlines, Dell Computers, Buick, Mitsubishi, Sprint, McDonald's, Charles Schwab and others. Greg received strong reviews for his portrayal of a crazed acting teacher in the play ACTOR! at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. He starred in the independent films "Interviewing GOD", "Chaos Theory", appeared with Katharine Ross in "Eye Of The Dolphin", and it’s sequel, "Way Of The Dolphin". This year he produced and starred in the short comedy film, "Killer", which he also wrote. For over eight years he was the voice of Principal (Mayor) White on the Award-winning cartoon, DOUG. He’s voiced several episodes of "The E! Hollywood True Story", two Documentaries, the video cartoon series "Hoop Dogs", and a video for the "Sundance Institute" with Robert Redford. After sharing the stage with such notable improvisers as Fred Willard, Wayne Brady, and Edie McClure, Greg went on to share his improvisation-based creative training course, “Throw The Bunny”, for MATTEL, Disney, IDEO, Proctor & Gamble, The American Film Institute, J.W. Tumbles and Old Nave to high acclaim. As a writer, Greg worked on the award-wining cartoon, DOUG, P.B. & J. OTTER, The Sundance Channel, MATTEL, The Longaberger Company, Disney, PBS, ESPN ZONE, J.W. Tumbles, Proctor & Gamble, Lucastudios and FOX. He co-created and wrote an original children’s television series entitled, SCOOBS, for The Britt Allcroft Company of Thomas The Tank Engine fame. He wrote, produced and performed three one-man shows entitled, Satan's In The Toaster, Converstational Insanity, and When Bad Things Happen to Good Sermons. He currently writes and performs for the stage show TOKENS, and recently toured with The Apostles Of Comedy. Greg has written and produced music for Nickelodeon, Disney, PBS and MATTEL, and is currently recording a collection of his own original music in Nashville. Greg was been involved in both television and stage show development with Nickelodeon, Disney, Jumbo Pictures, Klutz Toys, Cartoon Pizza, Nelvana, The Britt Allcroft Company and country music legend, Marty Stewart.
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