Although Phillips Brooks summed it 150 years ago by defining preaching as "Truth through personality." You just brought it up to date in the best essay on preaching that I have read in over 50 years. Bravo!
I'm currently in the midst of a retreat on Iona, where my soul and heart are being fed by the landscape and the story sharing with others. It is nourishing the parts of me that AI never could. Thank you for your articulation of this Lyndsey.
Thank you thank you thank you for this reminder, this restatement of what I know to be true in my soul as a theologian in training. I will come back to this article again and again.
Oooooooooo "Maybe what we’re doing here is actually weird enough to matter." (!) Oh boy, going to sit with that one for a while. Thank you.
I think weirdness is about to get a lot more valuable in all sorts of areas! I'd love to hear where you take that idea
Although Phillips Brooks summed it 150 years ago by defining preaching as "Truth through personality." You just brought it up to date in the best essay on preaching that I have read in over 50 years. Bravo!
Well, thanks, Roger!
You might like a talk I gave along these lines: https://open.substack.com/pub/inparticular/p/how-to-preach-to-robots-49c?r=1islg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I'm currently in the midst of a retreat on Iona, where my soul and heart are being fed by the landscape and the story sharing with others. It is nourishing the parts of me that AI never could. Thank you for your articulation of this Lyndsey.
What a dream!
Phew! This *sizzles* 🔥
Yes, yes it is weird enough to matter. So glad you’re here doing this work.
Thanks for joining me in it!
wow. going to have to read this one again.
Thank you thank you thank you for this reminder, this restatement of what I know to be true in my soul as a theologian in training. I will come back to this article again and again.
Oh goodness that time is sweet and hard. It's so good to find your anchors in the midst of it all!
I keep looking for the disclaimer that the paragraph describing “mediocre sermons” does not apply to any preachers you’ve known personally …
None! None a-tall!