{"product_id":"whatever-happened-to-delight-j-barrie-shepherd-9780664227814","title":"Whatever Happened to Delight?: Preaching the Gospel in Poetry and Parables","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreaching is an art, J. Barrie Shepherd argues, and the sermon is an art form, an exercise in creativity and imagination. But all too often preaching suffers from a lack of imagination and a loss of the joy and wonder that attracted the crowds to Jesus' words two thousand years ago. In this book, based on his 2003 Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School, Shepherd hopes to encourage the preacher toward a more creative vision for the sermon. His approach is spontaneous, eclectic, intuitive, and daring. Shepherd's purpose is to encourage the preacher to think of life as filled with God's presence, to search for the presence, and to use images and words to unveil that presence. The end result is a sermon that is full of astonishment and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Barrie Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0664227813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780664227814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westminster John Knox Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.98w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2007 pg. 42","brand":"J. Barrie Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981072433407,"sku":"9780664227814","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eef1ce29-3435-4531-b9c9-eb282178b222.jpg?v=1683253506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whatever-happened-to-delight-j-barrie-shepherd-9780664227814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}