Remember when you were a listener?
This book is great for us preachers who may have forgotten exactly what it was like being a weekly listener. Van Harn talks about how we are "listeners" for our whole community- the church we serve. We listen to what they are dealing with, wondering about, concerned with and help them by putting voice to that from the pulpit. He explores how the Holy Spirit works through preaching; how we are all connected in the "one holy catholic and apostolic church" and how the sermon does function as "word of God." I used this with my adult Sunday School class to discuss the topic of preaching and what they hear and how they respond. It was very fruitful for us!