“I don’t preach Jesus’ story in the light of my experience, as some sort of helpful symbol or myth that is helpfully illumined by my own story of struggle and triumph. Rather, I am invited by Easter to interpret my story in the light of God’s triumph in the Resurrection. I really don’t have a …
“Learning to preach is more akin to learning to paint in watercolors than it is to learning to mix chemicals together to produce a predictable chemical reaction.” William Willimon.
(You can tell I’m enjoying Proclamation And Theology, can’t you?) The preacher is the one who is ordained by the church to engage in listening to the text in behalf of the church, listening to the church so that the preacher might listen with them to the text. Preachers are sometimes characterised as great talkers. …
From William H. Willimon on the Biblical Word: …Scripture is not merely a helpful resource for preaching, it is the genesis of preaching, the rationale for preaching, the substance and the means of preaching. When we preach from the Scriptures, to the congregation, the Bible is living in its native habitat. It is functioning as …
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