Stephen Chapin Garner
Autor(a) de Getting into Character: The Art of First-Person Narrative Preaching
About the Author
Stephen Chapin Garner (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior pastor of United Church of Christ in Norwell, Massachusetts
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Obras por Stephen Chapin Garner
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 46
- Popularidade
- #335,831
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 4
(original review from February 13, 2012)
Here is an example of my appreciation of a book increasing on a second read. I am doing one of my rare forays into first-person narrative preaching this Sunday and I thought I would look back at Garner and see what is helpful here and found quite a bit of good advice on how to choose a character and deliver a sermon in a winsome manner. The results may not be stellar but I don't blame him.
My first read through was a few years ago (the last time I did a sermon like this). I think I took what I could but thought a regular diet of these types of sermons seemed a bit gimmicky. I still think that and Garner agrees. This is a change-up pitch sort of sermon. A curve-ball.… (mais)