Preaching in Place: Wendell Berry and the Agrarian Sermon (Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching Series) - Softcover

Rigg, Mark R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 166673263X ISBN 13: 9781666732634

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2022

Synopsis

Why is preaching so often bad? Why is worship so often dull? Why do Sunday mornings so often fail to help the folks in the pews live a faithful life from week to week? And what can be done about it? Many will tell us that there are easy and purchasable fixes. More technology. Less tradition. Virtual worship. Thinking big. The land and the farm model for us a different path. As Mark Rigg shows in this concise introduction to Wendell Berry, the themes that have illuminated the Kentucky farmer's essays, fiction, and poetry for fifty years have a great deal to say to the church. They offer an agrarian model of church where the focus is on the local, the tangible, and the communal. Out of such a model emerges a new approach to preaching. Both congregation members and preachers themselves will find themselves called to turn away from sermons that echo the promises of an individualistic consumer culture and to proclaim instead Jesus Christ in the midst of the local community.

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About the Author

Mark Rigg has had a diverse career, serving as a pastor, an educator, and a college administrator. He is currently a member of the English Department at the Storm King School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 166673263X
• ISBN 13: 9781666732634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108