Bob Abernethy > Quotes

“A sermon is a form that yields a certain kind of meaning in the same way that, say, a sonnet is a form that deals with a certain kind of meaning that has to do with putting things in relation to each other. Sermons are, at their best, excursions into difficulty that are addressed to people who come there in order to hear that. The attention of the congregation is a major part of the attention that the pastor gives to his or her utterance. It's very exceptional.”
― Bob Abernethy, The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World: Reflections on Faith, Doubt and Repairing the World