We Speak Because We Have First Been Spoken: A "Grammar" of the Preaching Life

What kind of Christian wisdom and character are required to hear and speak the Word of God with authenticity? How does the person of the preacher — his or her spiritual life, moral formation, wisdom, and virtue — affect the spoken sermon?

Following Augustine's assertion that the preacher must become "a living sermon" — a person whose language and life are one with the truth of God incarnate in Christ — Michael Pasquarello here puts forth a vision of preaching that is grounded in personal ch...