Author: Other Voices
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How can I preach as a foreigner?
ARIC SERRANO, SJ — I wanted to know the people I would be preaching to in the Mayan villages. This meant spending time with them and hearing their stories.
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Preaching the Poetry of Scripture
DAVID SCHMITT — Let the psalms preach the Gospel! Take a look (and a listen) at how Psalm 29 draws us into the drama of The Baptism of the Lord.
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On Discernment
LAURA SUHR, OSB –Don’t be afraid of discernment–it’s part of our baptismal call.
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Brief Book Review: For Such a Time as This
MICHAEL PLEKON — This is one of those rare books that really is for everyone struggling to affirm their faith in a time of division, suspicion, hate and turmoil.
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Brief Book Review: Be Transformed
ANDREW MASSENA — Kiel is after what St. Paul would call “the renewing of the mind” for the sake of those in need.
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Brief Book Review: From Page-to-Page Proclamation
MELINDA A. QUIVIK — Clare Schwantes validates preaching as a dialogue between scripture as the preacher hears it and context as the preacher interprets it.
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Brief Book Review: Brothers and Sisters
MARK REASONER — This book provides clearly written responses to common questions about Paul and his letters, such as those related to a chronology of his life or what his attitude was toward women.
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Brief Book Review: When Prophets Preach
MELINDA QUIVIK — Augustine calls preachers to embrace the preachers’ role in conveying faith in its salvific, social, and civil capacities which means addressing real world problems that affect political matters.
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Brief Book Review: Mary & the Church at Vatican II
FR. DAVID ENDRES — Drawing on untapped materials at the Vatican Archives, Dr. Olsen offers a play-by-play of the debates surrounding Lumen Gentium’s chapter VIII (The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church).