This timely collection from the influential Littlemore Group of theologians explores the role of preaching in today's Church. Experienced contributors from a wide range of backgrounds - catholic, evangelical and liberal – weave together theology, anecdote and reflection on practice as they share their passion for preaching.

Frances Ward

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Introduction

1 Exacting Attention: Preaching as Witness 

A Sermon for Advent: Encountering the Dangerous God 

2 Attending to the Words of the Other: Preaching that Honours the Jewish Texts 

A Sermon for Christmas: A Song Sang Out, Across the Starlit Way 

3 Attending to the Holy Spirit: Preaching ‘Each in Our Own Language’ 

A Sermon for Epiphany: Strange Gifts from the East 

4 Attending to the Eloquent Body: Lancelot Andrewes and the Word 

The Passion of Remembering and Forgetting: Addresses for the Three Hours of Good Friday 

5 Attending to the Word in Silence and Lectio Divina 

A Sermon for Easter: In Your Resurrection, O Christ, Let Heaven and Earth Rejoice. Alleluia 

6 Attending to the Conversation: The Word of Witness and the Transformation of the World 

A Sermon for Pentecost: The Church is Alive 

7 Attending to Subaltern Voices: Embodied Preaching as Authentic Christian Discipleship 

A Sermon for Trinity: The Light of the Burning Bush 

8 Attending to the Joy and Terror of Preaching the Embodied Word 

A Sermon for all Saints: Ordinary Saints 

9 Attending to the Unspeakable: Last Words in Stone and Grief 

A Sermon for the Feast of Christ the King: The Alpha and the Omega 

Afterword: Preachers as Artisans 

Index of Names and Subjects 

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• An accessible and informed resource for lay and ordained preachers, and preachers in training. • Includes evangelical, catholic and liberal contributors who share the same passion for preaching. • Littlemore Group publications have made a significant contribution to ministerial formation.

With the growing, renewed attention to the art of preaching, this timely collection from the influential Littlemore Group of theologians explores the role of this vital ministry in today's Church. Experienced contributors from a wide range of backgrounds - catholic, evangelical and liberal – weave together theology, anecdote and reflection on practice as they share their passion for preaching. Each one is noted for their attentiveness to the poetry of the spoken word in preaching, and the practical challenges and pitfalls of this central activity of public worship. Chapters include: • The Joy and Terror of Preaching • The Power of Language • Localizing the Gospel • Attentiveness to the Word • The Sermon as Sacrament • Genres of Preaching Contributors include Rachel Mann, Paula Gooder, Donna Lazenby, Sr Judith SLG, Edmund Newey, Anderson Jeremiah and Joel Love. Holy Attention belongs within a series of volumes produced by the Littlemore Group, which has existed since 2005 as a place of generative theology within the Church of England, with members contributing and editing on a range of themes of relevance to contemporary church and society.

"Holy Attention" is a collection of essays on preaching from diverse theologians. It covers theology, practice, and challenges in modern Church preaching. Ideal for clergy and theology students.

\["For preachers and leaders","This timely collection explores the vital role of preaching in today's Church","You'll better appreciate the essential role and necessary priority of preaching"\]

This book is a very eloquent and timely appeal to take the sermon seriously again. - Revd Peter McGeary , Church Times review

With contributers including Paula Gooder and Rachel Mann, this collection explores the pivotal role of preaching in today's Church

Holy Attention

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