Making A Scene In The Pulpit

Author : Alyce M. McKenzie
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611648963
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making a Scene in the Pulpit written by Alyce M. McKenzie and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can preachers ensure that their sermons continue to engage listeners in a world defined by visual media and the short, segmented delivery of information? Alyce McKenzie harnesses the element of drama and the human fascination with scenes to offer ministers a modern means of sermon development and delivery. McKenzie's core strategy is to invite listeners into scenes—whether from Scripture or contemporary life—and, once they are there, to point them toward the larger story of God's relationship with humankind. Creating such scenes unifies the whole process of preaching, she says, from the preacher's daily life observations to interpretation of scenes from Scripture, to sermon shaping, sequencing, and delivery. The process culminates in a specific understanding of the purpose of the sermon: to send listeners out into the scenes they'll play in their lives for the next week, equipped to act out their parts in ways that are kinder, more just, and more courageous than last week.

Author : Rev. Michael E. Connors, CSC
Publisher : Liturgy Training Publications
ISBN 13 : 1618333208
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effective Preaching written by Rev. Michael E. Connors, CSC and published by Liturgy Training Publications. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective Preaching: Bringing People into an Encounter with God is a practical collection of essays, featuring leading preachers, homilists and homily instructors. Compiled by Michael E. Connors, CSC, the Director of the John Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics at the University of Notre Dame, this imaginative book focuses entirely on the practical side of Catholic preaching. It will provide imaginative, hands-on, tested advice to help homilists develop preaching effectiveness, using techniques that will turn satisfactory preaching into exceptional preaching. This practical resource will be essential for priests, permanent deacons, seminarians in homiletics classes; retreat leaders, RCIA catechists; all who preach.

Author : Sunggu A. Yang
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1506490999
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Homiletics written by Sunggu A. Yang and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Homiletics demystifies the art of online preaching and helps readers understand both the why and the how of engaging listeners in digital formats. After laying a concise and accessible theological foundation, Yang shares ten methods for effective digital preaching. Readers will find concrete tips and advice for sharing God's word online.

Author : Katherine Ludwig Jansen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140084388X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Magdalen written by Katherine Ludwig Jansen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-02 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known during the Middle Ages as the prostitute who became a faithful follower of Christ, Mary Magdalen was the most beloved female saint after the Virgin Mary. Why the Magdalen became so popular, what meanings she conveyed, and how her story evolved over the centuries are the focus of this compelling exploration of late medieval religious culture. Analyzing previously unpublished sermons, Katherine Jansen uses the lens of medieval preaching to examine the mendicant friars' transformation of Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a model of perfect penance, and the embodiment of hope and salvation. She draws on diverse historical sources to reveal the laity's devotion to Mary Magdalen, which departed significantly from the friars' image of the saint, signaling a major development in popular religious practice and personal piety. Finally, the author comprehensively addresses the question of the House of Anjou's alliance with the Magdalen, and illuminates the relationship between politics and sanctity in southern France and Italy. Jansen shows how perceptions of the Magdalen merged with errors and misunderstandings to shape the social, spiritual, and political agendas of the later Middle Ages. She brings to life the rich complexity of medieval culture, which condemned female sexuality and women's preaching and yet popularized the veneration of Mary Magdalen as a former prostitute chosen by Christ to be the "apostle of the apostles," the first to witness and preach the Good News of the Resurrection.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church of England Pulpit, and Ecclesiastical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donna Giver-Johnston
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 150646324X
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for the Ear, Preaching from the Heart written by Donna Giver-Johnston and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words bombard us every day. Words can be noisy and cheap. And yet, words are all preachers have. In Writing for the Ear, Preaching from the Heart, Donna Giver-Johnston addresses the question: How do you capture ears in an era of noise? Many preachers want to get away from their notes and make a more personal connection with their listeners, but they have not been mentored in methods that enable them to do that. Grounded in a theology of incarnation and articulation and coupled with an awareness of what listeners most need and want to hear, Giver-Johnston explains how preachers can communicate more effectively--how they can write sermons for the ear, with the fewest, most impactful words to craft a memorable message. She also provides guidance on how to preach sermons by heart, without notes, to communicate a message that captures the ears and hearts of listeners. In a time when attention spans are shortening and church participation is declining, this book provides a proven method for preachers to communicate in ways that are meaningful and memorable to aching ears today and that can change the world for good, and for God, one longing heart at a time.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metropolitan Pulpit written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Graham M. Johnston
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 9781441201508
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preaching to a Postmodern World written by Graham M. Johnston and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While growing churches dot our urban centers and country landscapes, church-goers and students today are actually less likely to maintain a Christian worldview than in the past. In fact, the majority of society does not even believe in objective truth. A minister out of touch with this culture is like an uninformed missionary trying to teach in a foreign country. To communicate God's Word effectively in the twenty-first century, teachers need to know how to connect with and confront an audience of postmodern listeners. In Preaching to a Postmodern World, Johnston shows pastors, seminary students, professors, lay teachers, and church leaders can reach the present age without selling out to it. The book discusses how to: • distinguish between modernism and postmodernism • understand postmodern worldviews • change the style of preaching without compromising the substance • take advantage of new opportunities provided by the cultural shift • show an inattentive society the relevance of God's truth The author's keen insights into contemporary pop and media culture also help equip speakers to address today's listeners with clarity and relevance.

Author : Beecher, Henry Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plymouth Pulpit written by Beecher, Henry Ward and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Ward Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Original Plymouth Pulpit written by Henry Ward Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: