Barbara Brown Taylor, The Preaching Life, 1993. Chap.7 Preaching
No other modern public speaker does what the preacher tries to do. The trial attorney has glossy photographs and bagged evidence to hand around; the teacher has blackboards and overhand projectors; the politician has brass bands and media consultants. All the preacher has is words. (p.76)
By choosing Christ to flesh out the word, God made a lasting decision in favor of incarnation. Those of us who are his body in the world need not shy away from the fact that our own flesh and blood continue to be where the word of God is made known. We are living libraries of God's word. Our stories are God's stories. Sometimes they are comedies and sometimes they are tragedies; sometimes faith shines through them and other times they end in darkness, but every one of them bears witness to the truth of God's word. Preachers cannot "stay out of" their sermons any more than singers can stay out of their songs. Our words are embodied, which means we bring all that we are to their expression. (p.79) （斜體皆為我所加）
我非常認同宣講者所擁有的僅為言語／道，必須不斷地與之摔跤，圖片、投影片、甚或特效都絕非必要。而宣講者更不能抽離她／他的宣講，正如歌手不可能抽離來看她／他的歌唱一般，這說明了宣講著實是一種演出／行動（act），有特定的時空、人事及情境，而非僅是一篇講章爾。
延伸閱讀：
The Preaching Life
The Preaching Life II
我喜歡你強調context。
回覆刪除這或許有點病態，但當我意識到邪惡/苦難是世界的本相時，我深深覺得一個致力於宣講的人，不能不正視此議題。因為會眾當中總是會有一部分的人，為邪惡/苦難所擾，且正與之搏鬥。