INDEX — Communion Prep Packet for May 3, 2026
You're using this today. Read this first. 30 seconds.
What's here
| File | What it is | When to use |
|---|---|---|
podium.md |
The thing you take to the podium. Verbatim Bible texts as set blocks, your own sentences in [brackets], stage directions in CAPS, the Carlisle option inline. Edit this directly. |
Today. The primary tool. |
prep.html |
Interactive workspace. Open in browser. Tabs in order: Podium (mirrors podium.md) · Prompts · Anthology (filterable, voilib play buttons, notes save in browser) · Morning walkthrough · Five shapes · What I cut · Self-aware moves. | Use on phone or iPad while reading anthology, scanning self-aware shapes, etc. |
prompts.md |
The deeper reflection tool — open prompts you answer in your own voice. Less prescriptive than podium.md. | If you want to think through prompts before filling the podium guide. |
morning.md |
Sequenced 60–90 min walkthrough (with 30-min and 10-min versions). | If you have a chunk of unbroken time and want to be guided. |
anthology.md / anthology.json |
All 68 source entries scored 1–5, organized by beat. | The Anthology tab in prep.html is more useful (filters, play buttons, notes). |
self-aware-moves.md |
Seven shapes of self-aware preacher moves with corpus examples. | If you want to refresh on the self-awareness toolkit before standing. |
bp-jonah-qr.csv, bp-what-forgiveness-is-and-isnt.csv, bp-what-preaching-was-that.csv (in output/) |
Source transcripts. | Reference; mostly the prep packet now stands on its own. |
backups/<timestamp>/ |
Prior versions. | Roll back if needed. |
Recommended order today
- Open
podium.md(or the Podium tab onprep.html). This is your guide. - Fill in the
[bracketed]placeholders in your own voice. Write the sentences you would actually say. - Decide the Carlisle option (in or out) before service.
- Read aloud once to test timing (~5:30 without Carlisle, ~7:00 with).
- Take it to the podium.
The framing rule (carry it through everything)
Christ is the subject of every load-bearing verb. Your weakness is named, not performed. Your reaching is real, not completed.
What I (Claude) couldn't do — and you can
I cannot write praise. Piper is right about that. Every "candidate phrase" in this packet is structural scaffolding, not soul-words. The praise belongs in your mouth — where the Spirit puts it, when he puts it, in the words you would actually use. The placeholders intentionally leave room for it. Don't try to write it in advance.
What changed in the closing pass
podium.mdis now the primary entry point (wasprompts.md).- The Podium tab in
prep.htmlis rendered directly frompodium.md— edits to one flow to the other on rebuild. - Anthology grew to 68 entries (added: BP redemption theme, BP forgiveness episode, Lamech/Jonah inversions, settle-the-score, self-aware shapes).
- The Carlisle option lives inline in
podium.md— your call to use it or skip it. - "Optional final line" in the prayer slot is yours to take, rewrite, or cut.
- All decisions about timing, share/don't-share, source attribution remain open — defaulted to recommendations, not requirements.
Walk into today honest. The work is good. The Spirit will meet you.