Unspoken Metaphors may be as powerful as spoken ones. Think of the “hand signals” we use in our culture. One finger up means wait a minute. Two hands together –I’ll pray for you. In Catholicism a four-way hand signal signs the cross. Don’t be afraid of unspoken...
Take time to breathe. Don’t rush your sermon in order to get everything in or in order to stay within your allotted time frame. Your timing is a guide. But the Holy Spirit must not be put on a stop watch. Rushing your sermon will mean that people do not… To...
When you are mining images, you’ve got to dig deep! The Hebrew scriptures (and the New Testament scriptures as well) are written in metaphors that are heavily layered. In order to find the depth and breadth of meaning hoped for, one must mine the metaphors, seeking...
Primal metaphors in scripture are those that begin in Genesis and weave like threads all throughout scripture. Metaphors such as light, darkness, water, breath are all “primal metaphors.” You can tell the Story of Scripture and of Jesus using any one of them –a good...
What is a hidden metaphor? Many stories in scripture have not only visible metaphors, but hidden metaphors. For example, in the story of Rahab, Joshua’s men hang a red string in Rahab’s window, so that her family might be spared during their invasion of the city. ...
What is a metaphor? A metaphor is a noun that serves to describe something hard to describe, or adds depth and additional attributes to something or someone, or highlights a wider meaning of something or someone. The scriptures are filled with metaphors. From Genesis...
