Kindling Desire for God: Preaching as Spiritual Direction

The discipline of preaching has undergone several evolutionary momentsin the past century, focusing on its purpose as being variouslypersuasion, explanation, and, most recently, communication. Ofparticular and lingering influence has been Harry Emerson Fosdick'spreaching as counseling model, which urged therapeutic, individualistic methods upon the pastor. In the search for a model ofpreaching that is apt for our postmodern moment, Kay Northcuttrespectfully eschews these earlier models and suggests that the whatof preaching should consist in spiritual formation or the practice ofspiritual direction - pointing listeners to God. Taking an evocative, rather than how-to, approach, Northcutt notes the gaps created by these earlier models and makes a case not only for framing preaching as an attractive art but also for understanding the preacher'sauthority as particularly religious in nature. By demonstrating thedynamics of her model of preaching as spiritual direction, the authorprovides readers with a new paradigm for developing their ownhomiletical discipline.

Author: Kay L. Northcutt
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: 01/01/2009
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780800662639
Award: Book of the Year - Winner

About the Author
Northcutt, Kay L.: -

Kay L. Northcutt is Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa. Northcutt is a recipient of three Associated Church Press writing awards.

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