Integrative Preaching

by William H. Willimon

Book by Willimon, William H.

110 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 1981

About the author

The Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at the Divinity School, Duke University. He served eight years as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church, where he led the 157,000 Methodists and 792 pastors in North Alabama. For twenty years prior to the episcopacy, he was Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Kenneth Garrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Matchless, distilled, preaching wisdom.

"I hope that by the end of this chapter you agree there can be no "good preacher" who is not also a good pastor. The converse is also true: there are no good pastors who are not good preachers" (p32)

"All that is left is for you to speak. And for the hundredth time, in spite of all the questions that have no answers, in spite of all the misgivings, the doubts, the lack of answers, you do speak. For the hundredth Sunday you take all those feelings, doubts, questions, all the confusion, the unknowing, and the faith--you lay them all upon the altar, before God and everyone else. You know this is not the best sermon that could be preached, but it is the only one you have today. You know you cannot say all that could be said, but it is all that will be said here today. You know you are not the best of preachers, but you are the best your congregation has now." (p100)

[Lyndon]

Read this right after seminary. I'm sure it was helpful.