Effective preaching : bringing people into an encounter with God /
edited by Michael E. Connors.
- Chicago, IL : Liturgy Training Publications, 2019.
- 213 p.; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Preaching in the mother tongue-- calming and ordering the chaos inside our listeners/ Ronald Rolheiser To what effect? Qualities of effective Catholic preaching/ Michael E. Connors Does it resound? Congregational exegesis in conversation with negotiation science/ Ann M. Garrido Emmaus revisited: the convergence of the word proclaimed and the eucharist celebrated/ Sylvester Ryan Preaching hope in a postmodern world/ Joseph J. Juknialis The ladder of homiletics: seven steps to effective preaching/ Guerric DeBona Making a scene in the pulpit/ Alyce M. McKenzie Story/Point/Passage: Ten rules of thumb for homilists/ John Sea Plotting a path for people to follow/ Richard L. Eslinger "Murder your darlings": how to edit for effective preaching/ Deborah Wilheim Focus and function: kindling the fire/ Edward J. Grisworld Entertain or else: the preacher as performer in attending to Augustine's "delight"/ David J. Shea Igniting the flame of intentional listeners/ Sharon Schuhmann and Jeff Nicolas The Holy Spirit and listener receptivity: preaching that soaks in like good butter on warm toast/ Karla Bellinger If you're not real, I'm not coming/ Peter McCormick If our hearts are on fire, what are our bodies doing/ Suzanne Nawrocki Fired up-- Burned out/ Richard Stern Spirituality: Preaching catalyst/ Fred A. Baumer and Patricia Hughes Baumer