Meat and Potatoes Sermons

I found this guy, Jim Thomas, out there who is writing for the small rural church. I think he has a great insight to this culture.

Practical Preaching Required
My best friend is a gourmet chief. He loves fancy restaurants and fine dining, but we live in what he describes as a “feeder” town. There are dining towns and feeder towns. Rural ministries are “feeder” towns when it comes to preaching. They like things plain and simple (think meat and potatoes). They will travel great distances for a good meal – but they measure it in quantity (think buffets), not quality. They need something they can apply today – and spelled out in very specific ways.

I need to know how to prepare meat and potatoes...family style.