{"product_id":"impassioned-a-guide-to-progressive-preaching-paperback-2","title":"Impassioned: A Guide to Progressive Preaching - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucas Hergert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging and timely guide to preaching with passion from minister and professor Lucas Hergert.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDone well, preaching engages mind and heart, soul and body. Passionate preaching offers more than discussion about topics held at a distance; it claims a stake in them. This is especially true right now, as progressive preachers must address today's social issues with power and conviction. But how does a preacher ensure the congregation not only receives but also feels the message?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eImpassioned\u003c\/i\u003e, minister and professor Lucas Hergert provides practical and detailed advice on how to craft and deliver passionate sermons, including changing the way one selects topics, structuring the sermon, understanding the centrality of emotion, and attending to embodiment and delivery. Hergert draws on resources that are religious and secular, artistic and dramatic, psychological and philosophical, to offer a range of techniques and inspiration to help each preacher find their path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd while \u003ci\u003eImpassioned\u003c\/i\u003e will be a powerful resource for working clergy, busy seminary students, and interested lay leaders, it also provides seasoned preachers with a different angle on the craft. Rethinking the sermon in this way will help preachers offer a heartfelt word as they work to create change in the lives of their community members and their broader social context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHergert shows exactly how progressives can--and why they should--preach with feeling and force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRev. Lucas Hergert\u003c\/b\u003e holds a doctorate in homiletics and teaches preaching at Meadville Lombard Theological School. He is the minister of the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378689753337,"sku":"9781558969711","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Mn-rdOzTDd9781558969711_a8fc4453-60ff-4a12-a90b-151544ee3b33.webp?v=1770047052","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/impassioned-a-guide-to-progressive-preaching-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}