Issue 15 Vulnerability in PreachingBlog | Post its and the personal
Post its and the personal
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 25.06.18
We’re British. We generally don’t do congregational participation in sermons, unless we’re at the charismatic extreme, where the amens will flow accordingly. The only exception to this is all-age services. Small, still-developing humans (i.e. children) haven’t yet been properly enculturated into Britishness and so they like to answer questions and Be Involved.
I t’s interesting that the only religious practice that Jesus initiated amongst his followers was an action that required Being Involved. The Eucharist (or Communion as those of us in the lower echelons of church-personship call it) involves each of us being involved, using our bodies to hold, chew, swallow and digest the representation of Jesus’ body and blood (I’m hoping we can slide straight past the transubstantiation conversation). In light of this, it’s interesting how horrifying the idea of asking adults to be involved in a sermon can be.
