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Comment on Long-Range Preaching by John McClure

John McClure — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:17:22 +0000

Good question, Dominic. I think that the idea of “congregational study” would need modification – into a broader study of the needs and spiritual aspirations within the larger culture (of the itinerant or academic preacher), but the same longer term issue remains – i.e. what needs to be communicated in this generation, for these listeners, with these issues. An academic might understand this in a kind of “curricular” way. An itinerant might understand this in terms of one’s core message or ongoing “sound bytes” as one goes from place to place. In other words, I think that the contextual dimensions of preaching, no matter what the context, encourage us to think strategically or “long-term” about the messages we favor.

Comment on Long-Range Preaching by Dominic Holtz, O.P.

Dominic Holtz, O.P. — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:49:42 +0000

Thank you for this interesting perspective. I’m wondering, however, whether this approach as such is suitable for those preachers whose preaching is not grounded or principally directed towards a stable community. That is, this approach seems to suppose or even privilege a preacher whose preaching is from the context of a (relatively) stable congregation. How might this approach be of use to those of us who preach to quite fluid congregations, e.g. in academic settings or itinerant preaching?

Comment on Long-Range Preaching by Joan Dayton

Joan Dayton — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:18:42 +0000

I liked this, John — it suits a listener to think that the preacher is thinking long-range like that.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Otherwise Thinking wrote:

> ** > John McClure posted: “Many of us view preaching as a short-term > (tactical) practice of transmitting information. Communication theorists, > however, have drawn attention to the inadequacies of the > sender-message-receiver or �transmission� model of communication, inherited > largel”

Comment on Long-Range Preaching by caseysigmon

caseysigmon — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:39:16 +0000

This gets me excited about my dissertation topic…we’ll need to sit down and have a long chat when you officially return from the Sabbatical!

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