Preaching funerals in the Black church
Subtitle: bringing perspective to pain
By: Peter M. Wherry ; foreword by Charles G. Adams ; preface by Luke A Powery
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Judson Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Valley Forge, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780817017354
Subjects: African American preaching; Death; Funeral sermons; Christianity
Description: In this guide, pastors and preachers will discover more than conventional homiletics theory about mechanics and methodology. Learn to transform the preaching moment into an incarnational engagement between grieving persons and the risen Christ. Sermon models by noted preachers demonstrate effective methods and structure. (Back cover)55.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: PART ONE: PREPARING FUNERAL SERMONS. Funeral Preaching Begins before the Service Starts: It's What's Up Front That Counts; title: The Funeral as Teachable Moment: Everything plus the Kitchen Sink; title: Pastoral Perspectives on Death and Dying: Leaping Lessing's Ditch; title: Finding and Selecting the Text: Texts under Negotiation; title: Sermon Structure in Funeral Preaching: The Uncertain Sound; title: PART TWO: FUNERAL SERMONS AND EULOGIES. An Illness Not unto Death (Peter M. Wherry); title: Blessings beyond Burial (Nathan Dell); title: A Lasting Fellowship (Toney L. McNair Jr.); title: The Dividends of an Undivided Life (Brad Braxton); title: The Steps of a Good Man (Mary H. Young); title: An Unusual Response (Claude R. Alexander Jr.); title: Beautiful Feet (Peter M. Wherry); title: Acceptance, Praise, and Thanksgiving (Debra Haggins); title: The Nine Lives of Cat Moss (Gregory K. Moss Sr.).