Did you read Robinson Crusoe as a child? Robinson Crusoe is not as popular as it once was in literature courses. Yet the main character continues as an archetype in our culture. Robinson Crusoe famously finds himself alone on what he names, “The Island of Despair.” Marooned. Forsaken. Alone. That sense of forsakeness pervades theContinueContinue reading “Good Friday Sermon: Why do we forsake Christ? Why do we forsake one another?”
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Sermon for Palm Sunday, Security or Hope?
Palm Sunday is an odd Sunday to start as a new rector. I just want to put that out there in the open. It’s odd. Hello, I’m your new rector, my name is Mike. I’m grateful to be here. Now let’s crucify Jesus…together. Well, before we get there, let’s pause for Palm Sunday. We’ve justContinueContinue reading “Sermon for Palm Sunday, Security or Hope?”
Code-switching and Preaching: knowing your context.
Preaching, at its best, expresses the Gospel in a specific context. Code-switching helps us to understand the contexts in which we preach. My previous post focused on the danger of code-switching into “preacher voice.” Before we can understand others’ contexts, before we can hear another’s code, we have to know our own. My undergraduate thesisContinueContinue reading “Code-switching and Preaching: knowing your context.”
Code-switching and Preaching: When “preacher voice” means leaving our selves and God behind.
In my seminary preaching classes they taught us to avoid “preacher voice.” Have you heard such a voice from the pulpit, a voice that seems “put on” or unnatural? Preacher voice is often described as an astute sounding, carefully articulated, loudly projected, serious sounding voice. I know I’ve been guilty of “preacher voice.” In ourContinueContinue reading “Code-switching and Preaching: When “preacher voice” means leaving our selves and God behind.”
Mike Angell 