Getting to God

Joni S Sancken, Luke A Powery, John Rottman , Paul Scott Wilson

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Cascade Books
14 February 2023

Christianity; Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals; Christian life & practice; Christian social thought & activity

During times of deep trouble, God generates new and creative ways to break through the fear and pain to get to us even as we seek to get to God. Recent crises are unparalleled and world-changing. Life is a terminal condition. What we say on Sunday morning matters. Nothing is more important than communicating the power and presence of the living God, who for us and our broken dying world is strength, hope, healing, and salvation. And yet, the age-old challenge of how to name God in our world looms large. Amidst the immense challenges of preaching today, three preachers and teachers of preaching show a way forward by walking readers through a sermon-creation process for specific challenging circumstances that gets to God. This book demonstrates how preachers can proclaim God's grace in our world today by building on the theological grammar and preaching method proposed by Paul Scott Wilson. Sancken, Powery, and Rottman lead by example, showing preachers how to contextualize a theologically rich approach to preaching, expand the horizon of ministry, and equip preachers with a vital practice, that of learning to look for and name God's active presence in our world.

By: Joni S Sancken, Luke A Powery, John Rottman
Foreword by: Paul Scott Wilson
Imprint: Cascade Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 186g
ISBN: 9781666737493
ISBN 10: 1666737496
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 14 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joni S. Sancken is associate professor of homiletics at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. She is an ordained pastor in the Mennonite Church USA and is the author of several books, including Words That Heal, and All Our Griefs to Bear. Luke A. Powery is the dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He is an ordained Baptist minister (Progressive National Baptist) and the author and editor of several books, including co-author of Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach for Your Time and Place and a general editor of the nine-volume lectionary commentary series for preaching and worship, Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship. John M. Rottman is the professor of preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was ordained in the Christian Reformed Church and served two congregations in the Toronto (Canada) area. Most recently, he has become passionate about prison theological education and what God is doing in prisons.

Reviews for Getting to God

Paul Scott Wilson has done more than any other recent scholar to insist on the theological character of preaching through his four-pages approach to the sermon, attention to the evocative possibilities of language, and emphasis on preaching Christian doctrine. This book, written in his honor by three of his most talented students, opens even more windows on how preachers can bring the good news of a gracious and redeeming God to an increasingly troubled world. --Ronald J. Allen, Christian Theological Seminary Getting to God reminds us that sermons fail if they do not first 'get to God, ' that is, point boldly to God's action in life. Since God's action is never abstract, the authors also sharpen our attention to the very particular contexts of preaching. Thus, by guiding those of us who preach to 'get to God, ' they free us to preach in ways that show how 'God gets to us.' A stimulating and much-needed volume! --Thomas G. Long, Candler School of Theology