Roger Alling

Preaching as Prophetic Calling: Sermons That Work series XII Roger Alling

Publisher Marketing: Preaching as Prophetic Calling is the twelfth in a series of books devoted to presenting examples of preaching excellence from parishes throughout the Episcopal Church. This volume addresses the difficult and essential area of preaching a prophetic word. What does a prophetic sermon look like without being shrill, and without being filled with musts, oughts, and shoulds ? This collection of sermons includes examples of prophetic preaching that are visionary and that speak in ways that offer radical comfort as well as radical challenge. " Contributor Bio:  Alling, Roger Alling is president of Episcopal Evangelism. He is serving as priest associate at parishes in Central Pennsylvania and Southwest Florida. Contributor Bio:  Schlafer, David J David J. Schlafer is an Episcopal priest who has taught philosophy, theology, and homiletics at a number of seminaries in different denominational traditions. He currently focuses professional energy as a conference leader and preaching consultant across the United States and in England. Author and editor of eighteen books, he contributes regularly to professional journals in homiletics.