The And Of The Preachers - 1173 Words

â€Å"Same WORD different Meanings† As I consider the image of many of the preachers presented I am challenged in my recognizing their gifts and yet feeling an inadequate connection. Perhaps it was the predominance of traditional theologies found in most mainline protestant denominations that while safe and predictable, were personally not fully relatable. This I found ironic considering I would be identified as a white male from an affluent background with this being what I would have always known of as homiletics. Perhaps it is from personal experience of how being gay can move one down in a patriarchal hierarchy to less than human status that then all is seen with a hermeneutics of suspicion. For many years a sermon has often become a moment for meditation in the worship service when the language has not been inclusive or that I questioned the â€Å"truth† of the message. 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