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Since the inception of the New Homiletic in the 1970s, preachers have been experimenting with inductive and narrative forms of preaching, thanks to the likes of Fred Craddock and Eugene Lowry. The idea is for sermons to engage people, create an experience of the biblical text.
On Good Friday, as congregations meditate on the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus, some liturgies call the Church to identify with those who judged, persecuted, mocked, and killed our Lord. This is a sobering reality, and appropriate. But, like many stories in the Bible, there are multiple implications within this narrative.
On Good Friday, as congregations meditate on the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus, some liturgies call the Church to identify with those who judged, persecuted, mocked, and killed our Lord. This is a sobering reality, and appropriate. But, like many stories in the Bible, there are multiple implications within this narrative.
This is a choral reading based on Psalm 19 adapted for three speakers.
A choral reading based on Ephesians 4 from the NRSV.
This is a choral reading based on Psalm 19 adapted for three speakers.
A choral reading based on Ephesians 4 from the NRSV.
This choral reading on Luke 15 with a sung refrain is adapted for 4 readers and 1 vocalist.
This choral reading was written by Ed Baker and adapted by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence.
This is a choral reading of Psalm 27 for 4 readers adapted from the NRSV. It has a sung refrain.
This is a choral reading adapted for 5 voices.
