Many of us love the busyness, energy, and creative dynamism of a robust church. Many of us love the program direction and even the management. And yet all of us pastors must summon an uncommon discipline if we are to reflect the priority and importance of preaching.
It can be done. [Joseph] Sittler [wrote in his essay “The Maceration of the Minister”]:
--Christian Century, March 19, 2014 edition, page 3
It can be done. [Joseph] Sittler [wrote in his essay “The Maceration of the Minister”]:
It [the congregation] is likely to accept, support and be deeply molded by the understanding of Office and calling which is projected by its minister’s actual behavior. It will come to assess as central what he, in his actual performance of ministry and use of his time, makes central.The preacher, Sittler concluded, must order her or his time around study, reflection, and sermon preparation.
--Christian Century, March 19, 2014 edition, page 3
