God be in my mouth
Subtitle: 40 ways to grow as a preacher
By: Doug Gay
Publisher: St Andrew Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780861539963
Subjects: Sermons; Preaching
Description: "40 short, pithy and vibrant reflections consider different aspects of the nature and practice of preaching that will fire the imagination, build confidence and deepen creativity"--Page 4 of cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148).
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Preaching; title: Finding the year; title: Naming the presence of God; title: What do you see? : knowing your place and time; title: Who do you see?; title: Focus : what was the sermon about?; title: Function : what was the sermon doing?; title: Take them to the table; title: Take me to the water; title: When we come to die; title: God be in my mouth; title: Part 2. Reading; title: On learning to read; title: What are you reading?; title: Are you expository?; title: On having (and being) a hermeneutic; title: Converging literacies; title: Cues for the sermon; title: Working with verbs; title: Working with nouns; title: Losing control : knots in the text; title: Preach like Jacob; title: Part 3. Speaking; title: Beginnings and endings; title: Don't preach like Jacob; title: Writing for the ear; title: How literary form informs the sermon; title: Preaching without a script; title: Preaching with a script; title: How long (has this been going on); title: Feel it with me; title: Head, heart, (gut), and hand; title: Getting out of the way; title: Part 4. Living; title: Pathos : being human; title: Look at me when I'm talking to you; title: Ethos : trust me, I'm a preacher; title: It's a gig; title: God is with you in the pulpit; title: God-talk : other ways to hear the word; title: Be preached to; title: Preaching in love; title: Logos : the mind of the preacher; title: How was it for you?; title: Conclusion.