Make your sermon EPIC –Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, and Connective! Ask these questions when you are creating your sermon: 1) how can my sermon serve to connect people with Christ 2) how can my sermon facilitate people’s ability to experience Christ...
Semiotic sermon builders are metaphor miners. When you read a text, underline the metaphors you see right away. As you mine those metaphors for meaning, chances are, others will emerge as well. Soon your metaphors will begin to form a web of interconnections...
Stories (homiletics often calls them illustrations) do not serve as ancillary to a sermon. They ARE the sermon. A good story carries the entire message if it’s brought to life through animation. Don’t illustrate, animate. Allow your story to come to life, so that...
Think of your preaching space as a “playing field,” in which all of you take part in the joy of worship. In “field preaching,” everyone participates. It isn’t strictly planned, but you need to move according to the movements of others, and above all, the movement of...
Sometimes the mood and the atmosphere of worship becomes “too serious.” When seriousness pervades, one’s focus can be more on decorum and behavior than on the Holy Spirit. The lightness of humor can break through those moments and allow for a breakdown of the walls...
When you are reading scripture, try to envision it as a “motion picture.” When you can see the scriptures in living color and hear Jesus’ words in surround sound, you will be able to feel the power of the Story. The scriptures must not be treated as “dead wood”...
