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Session Description
If we do not tend the springs that nourish our lives and give light to our preaching, we soon lose our ability to see the things of God. The good news is obscured by the bad news that surrounds us every day, twenty four hours a day. Any moment of any day you can be confronted by the bad news of this world in which we now live. The bright colors of God's glorious creation fade to a pale shade of grey. The mystery and wonder of God's creative and redemptive purpose vanish behind the ruins and the clutter of this present darkness. We have eyes but we do not see. Imagination can be thought of as the image of God in us. We can no longer see the sacred subtext of life, we may lose the words to preach and even the words to pray.
Conference Title
2008 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-25-2008
Event Type
Workshop/Seminar
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Homiletics
Topic
Preaching
Keywords:
preaching, imagination
Recommended Citation
Gloer, W. Hulitt and Plantinga, Cornelius J. Jr., "Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching" (2008). Symposium on Worship Archive. 38.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2008/allitems/38
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
If we do not tend the springs that nourish our lives and give light to our preaching, we soon lose our ability to see the things of God. The good news is obscured by the bad news that surrounds us every day, twenty four hours a day. Any moment of any day you can be confronted by the bad news of this world in which we now live. The bright colors of God's glorious creation fade to a pale shade of grey. The mystery and wonder of God's creative and redemptive purpose vanish behind the ruins and the clutter of this present darkness. We have eyes but we do not see. Imagination can be thought of as the image of God in us. We can no longer see the sacred subtext of life, we may lose the words to preach and even the words to pray.