Comments on: An Experiment in Collaborative Preaching http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/ Design, Ministry & Theology Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rethink Church: A Collaborative Sermon — Pomomusings http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-59513 Rethink Church: A Collaborative Sermon — Pomomusings Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:22:24 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-59513 [...] the past year, I’ve tried an experiment in collaborative preaching and one open-source sermon, and I’d love to do something similar for this sermon. The [...] [...] the past year, I’ve tried an experiment in collaborative preaching and one open-source sermon, and I’d love to do something similar for this sermon. The [...]

]]> By: Russell Duren http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38687 Russell Duren Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:09:16 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38687 A wiki is one of the greatest things to happen to sermons in a lonnnng time. Awesome work! Have you explored Len Sweet's <b><a href="http://www.wikiletics.com" rel="nofollow">wikiletics</a></b><b>?</b> A wiki is one of the greatest things to happen to sermons in a lonnnng time. Awesome work!
Have you explored Len Sweet’s wikiletics?

]]> By: Sermon | pomomusings | progressive theology & design http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38235 Sermon | pomomusings | progressive theology & design Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:59:07 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38235 [...] to just read the sermon, you can find it here. Or if you’re interested in participating in a collaborative preaching experiment, go here for the instructions. Technorati Tags: Preaching, Sermon, [...] [...] to just read the sermon, you can find it here. Or if you’re interested in participating in a collaborative preaching experiment, go here for the instructions. Technorati Tags: Preaching, Sermon, [...]

]]> By: Josh Frank http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38222 Josh Frank Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:52:04 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38222 We have an Episcopal priest in our community called <a href="http://peacemealcommunity.org" rel="nofollow">Peacemeal</a>. Actually, she is married to the guy who really got it all going. Anyway, since we meet each Friday for dinner and worship, on weekends when she is a "supply priest" (she doesn't work for a parish but rather as the Youth Missioner for the Diocese of Bethlehem, PA) she often says that our discussion-based Response to the Word during our liturgy inspires her writing and helps her through difficult passages. I think she read Pagitt's <i>Preaching Re-Imagined</i> (or she hopes to after having read a synopsis), and she's really loved the aspect of discussing a text in the context of community in preparation for a sermon. Here's the <a href="http://peacemealcommunity.blogspot.com/2007/08/when-life-gives-you-wild-grapes.html" rel="nofollow">text she posted on our blog</a> for her most recent sermon-in-light-of-Peacemeal's-discussion. We have an Episcopal priest in our community called Peacemeal. Actually, she is married to the guy who really got it all going. Anyway, since we meet each Friday for dinner and worship, on weekends when she is a “supply priest” (she doesn’t work for a parish but rather as the Youth Missioner for the Diocese of Bethlehem, PA) she often says that our discussion-based Response to the Word during our liturgy inspires her writing and helps her through difficult passages. I think she read Pagitt’s Preaching Re-Imagined (or she hopes to after having read a synopsis), and she’s really loved the aspect of discussing a text in the context of community in preparation for a sermon.

Here’s the text she posted on our blog for her most recent sermon-in-light-of-Peacemeal’s-discussion.

]]> By: Steven Good http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38202 Steven Good Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:40:22 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38202 How did the sermon go? How did the sermon go?

]]> By: Neal Locke http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38137 Neal Locke Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:45:02 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-38137 Hey, Adam -- sorry I didn't see this until Sunday night! Still, count me in for this and any future collaborative sermon stuff (you already know my thoughts on this one). I'm writing this on my cell phone browser right now, which unfortunately butchers wikis, but I'll check out your wiki tomorrow morning (left my laptop at church) and add to the conversation. Oh, and welcome to the wonderful world of wiki! I've been using my <a href="http://www.mrlocke.net/wiki" rel="nofollow">personal wiki</a> a lot lately. Shawn Coons has one too, I think. Hey, Adam — sorry I didn’t see this until Sunday night! Still, count me in for this and any future collaborative sermon stuff (you already know my thoughts on this one). I’m writing this on my cell phone browser right now, which unfortunately butchers wikis, but I’ll check out your wiki tomorrow morning (left my laptop at church) and add to the conversation. Oh, and welcome to the wonderful world of wiki! I’ve been using my personal wiki a lot lately. Shawn Coons has one too, I think.

]]> By: monts http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-37933 monts Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:47:30 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-37933 I'm actually a part of a community that practices collaborative preaching and it works out beautifully. Each week about 8-10 or even more people get together and think through different ideas for the sermon. Then 3-4 people write different sections of it and it gets weaved together. Over the course of the next 4 weeks it goes through various edits by the teaching community and comes out at the end in brilliant fashion. This is an amazing way to do prepare sermons for a community in community and I highly recommend it. We've been doing it this way for about 8 years now and the collaborative process continues to grow and change. I’m actually a part of a community that practices collaborative preaching and it works out beautifully. Each week about 8-10 or even more people get together and think through different ideas for the sermon. Then 3-4 people write different sections of it and it gets weaved together. Over the course of the next 4 weeks it goes through various edits by the teaching community and comes out at the end in brilliant fashion. This is an amazing way to do prepare sermons for a community in community and I highly recommend it. We’ve been doing it this way for about 8 years now and the collaborative process continues to grow and change.

]]> By: Robert Austell http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-37915 Robert Austell Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:30:45 +0000 http://pomomusings.com/2007/09/08/an-experiment-in-collaborative-preaching/#comment-37915 Adam, The collaborative wiki-sermon is an interesting idea. Sorry not to contribute... at 8:30 Sat. night with my own sermon to preach tomorrow, it was too much to think about. But, a thought... rather than have collaboration on the actual sermon (which I think would vary greatly depending on the "audience")... this seems like a fantastic idea for about one week out for a couple of folks working on the same text (lectionary?) or just some friends who wanted to give you input. i could see putting the text up and a rough outline or main theme and then folks tweaking direction, main theme idea, illustrations, commentary notes, etc... until you are left with a kind of uber-outline for the text. I'm great at generating questions that a sermon should answer, but less helpful putting words in your mouth for a congregation I don't know. I'd be willing to be a part of that if you want... maybe for that Miller Chapel sermon I think i saw something about. Robert Austell Adam,

The collaborative wiki-sermon is an interesting idea. Sorry not to contribute… at 8:30 Sat. night with my own sermon to preach tomorrow, it was too much to think about.

But, a thought… rather than have collaboration on the actual sermon (which I think would vary greatly depending on the “audience”)… this seems like a fantastic idea for about one week out for a couple of folks working on the same text (lectionary?) or just some friends who wanted to give you input.

i could see putting the text up and a rough outline or main theme and then folks tweaking direction, main theme idea, illustrations, commentary notes, etc… until you are left with a kind of uber-outline for the text. I’m great at generating questions that a sermon should answer, but less helpful putting words in your mouth for a congregation I don’t know.

I’d be willing to be a part of that if you want… maybe for that Miller Chapel sermon I think i saw something about.

Robert Austell

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