Defamiliarization forces us to look with different lenses and to preach familiar texts with a new prophetic voice — one that gives a new edge to the story and provides a new bloodline for connecting with Christ. Some successful preachers contend that it is best to choose “emotionally neutral subjects.” The only problem with limiting yourself to emotionally neutral subjects is that what it is for you, it will be for others. You cannot connect your whole self to that which has been emotionally stripped.
