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preaching is one of the original art forms, kind of the original guerrilla theatre. a sermon was an electric event; Martin Luther King Jr. changed the whole shape of american culture with a sermon. John Wesley out in a field in england, the hebrew prophets, (and) great movements like women's rights were often birthed through preaching. in our unbelievably wired culture, nothing is more foolish than somebody in a room standing alone insisting that God has spoken. so it's either brilliant or absolute foolishness. and i am open to both.

originally, the word "sermon" meant you'd have no idea what was coming next. it was theological but also political and economical and obviously highly creative because if it didn't engage, then you wouldn't listen and you wouldn't be provoked or challenged or comforted.

(rb)