Google “preaching” and it’s amazing the things that pop up.

This story, in particular, struck me as eminently worthwhile and interesting, from our Anglican siblings. I especially loved this metaphor:

“Likening the preacher to a stained-glass window, Herbert wrote that the preacher can become infused with the light as God’s story shines through “making thy life shine within [t]he holy Preacher’s…” Troeger suggested that this infusion of God’s story through the preacher allows the congregation to experience connection with God and thus wholeness…

…The end — the goal of preaching in general and the summation of any one sermon — is prayer, Troeger said. Such prayer is not only private prayer but prayer as a community relating to God.

“Too many sermons I hear try to solve something,” Troeger said. “Take people to God and then sit down because you can’t top that.”

To which I can only add: “Amen.”