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Preach it.(Editorial)

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From: The Christian Century
Date: 20050531
Author:Buchanan, John M.

IN HIS NOVEL Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope writes: "There is, perhaps, no greater hardship on mankind in civilized and free countries than the necessity of listening to sermons. No one but a preaching clergyman has, in these realms, the power of compelling an audience to sit silent, and be tormented." Those words flash across my consciousness occasionally, especially since I am part of this remarkable phenomenon. I am sometimes amazed that people regularly come, sit and listen to a sermon, for the most part hopefully and expectantly. They probably give preachers a better ...

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