Description: Historically, people who have risen to the occasion to
speak of faith for their generation have been keenly aware of their
own limitations-whether Moses, who was ""slow of speech,"" or
Isaiah, who was concerned that he spoke with ""unclean lips."" The
question both Moses and Isaiah seem to be asking is, who am I to
speak for God? And we wonder in turn, was it they who spoke, or God
who spoke through them? These biblical images carry the weight of
the question raised by the essays in this volume. How is preaching
both the work of God and yet also a function of the individual's
own person and identity? How is the preacher to conceive the
identity he or she assumes when proclaiming the Word of God? Some
of the leading educators in homiletics today propose a variety of
possible preaching identities in this volume: preacher as messenger
of hope, as lover, as God's mystery steward, as ridiculous person,
as fisher, as host and guest, as one ""out of one's mind,"" and as
one entrusted. The result is an open-ended invitation for readers
to identify their own preaching identity either in concert with one
of the images presented here or of their own making, appropriately
contextualized to their own ministry and theology Endorsements:
""Take a turn with all eight of the homileticians in this volume
and they will inspire and invigorate your preaching. Whether it is
'messenger of hope, ' 'lover, ' 'fisher, ' 'ridiculous person, ' or
any of the other marvelous tropes and images they offer, these
essays will challenge you to explore anew the holy necessity and
human absurdity of preaching."" --Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm Bethany
Theological Seminary ""The language we use shapes our perception of
God, the world, and how we live. The language that preachers use to
describe themselves organizes what they try to do in the pulpit.
This provocative book offers the preacher eight vibrant images for
the preacher from a major voice in contemporary scholarship in
preaching . . . Each image prompts the preacher to envision the
sermon in a different yet faithful way. Preachers who are ready for
a jump start into fresh ways of thinking about their vocation will
want this beautifully edited book."" --Ronald J. Allen Christian
Theological Seminary, Indianapolis ""Apart from all the technical
questions raised today about hermeneutics and homiletics and their
relationship to rhetoric and post-modern interpretation, these
essays raise the most important question of all: Where is God in
all our verbiage? Serious students of preaching, both beginners and
practitioners with decades of experience, can benefit by reading
and reflecting on the perspectives of these authors."" --Judith M.
McDaniel Virginia Theological Seminary ""Reading the fine essays
here is like opening a summerhouse after a long winter: light
rushes in, memories are stirred, old things are loved anew, new
celebrations are imagined. This book addresses a key question: In
preaching, what is the human role and what is God's role? The
answers here are marvelous in their range, challenging in their
diversity, and rich in their depth. They open windows for fresh
winds to blow."" --Paul Scott Wilson Emmanuel College, University
of Toronto About the Contributor(s): Robert Stephen Reid is
Professor of Communication and Director of the Master's Degree
Program in Communication at the University of Dubuque, Iowa. He is
the author of The Four Voices of Preaching.
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