When it's foggy in the pulpit it's cloudy in the pew.
We as preachers/teachers/pastors have to figure out things to do in order to garner the attention of individuals and also keep them at our churches by making sure that we reinvent ourselves on a consistent basis.
I learned at an early age that what we were doing in the choir was just as important as the preacher. It was a ministry in itself. We could stir the pot, you know?
The church is not made up of one person but a whole congregation, and they should be able to interact with art without being told what to think.
The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.
Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it.
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.
Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
