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The Power of Metaphor

| The Commons

In my lecture yesterday on the future of preaching, I briefly touched on how narraphoric preaching differs from the narrative preaching of the 70s and 80s associated with Fred Craddock, Eugene Lowry, Charles Rice and others. I noted the priority of metaphor, and of...

Where’s the Grace?

| The Commons

To one degree or another, in six weeks you will need to celebrate or at least acknowledge the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. We will have some resources for you to use as we approach the date. But here is a Martin Luther story that sets the stage...
Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons

| Story Sermon

Those “Here I Am” Moments / Here Be Dragons Story Lectionary 17 September 2017 The Call of Moses (Exodus 4) Psalm 1: The Chaff of Sin Psalm 35: Chaff Before the Wind Psalm 91: God’s Protection Psalm 140: God’s Protection Psalm 121: God’s Protection The Call of...
Where’s the Grace?

Where’s the Grace?

| Master Sermons

Where’s the Grace? Lectionary 17 September 2017 15th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 14:19-31 Psalm v114 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 Text to Life “What must I DO to inherit eternal life?” (Lk18:18). Notice the “DO.” Not “What must I BE to inherit eternal life?” but...