Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. DLC

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preaching in the mother tongue-calming and ordering the chaos inside our listerners / Ronald Rolheiser, OMI -- To what effect? Qualities of effective Catholic preaching / Michael E. Connors, CSC -- Does it resound? Congregational exegesis in conversation with negotiation science / Ann M. Garrido -- Emmaus revisited: The convergence of the word proclaimed and the eucharist celebrated / Bishop Sylvester Ryan -- Preaching hope in a postmodern world / Joseph J. Juknialis -- The ladder of homiletics: Seven steps to effective preaching / Guerric DeBona, OSB -- Making a scene in the pulpit! / Alyce M. McKenzie -- Story/point/passage: Ten rules of thumb for homilists / John Shea -- Plotting a path for people to follow / Richard L. Eslinger -- "Murder your darlings": How to edit for effective preaching / Deborah Wilhelm -- Focus and function: Kindling the fire / Edward J. Griswold -- Entertain or else! The preacher as performer in attending to Augustine's "Delight" / David J. Shea -- Igniting the flame of intentional listerners / Sharon Schuhmann and Rev. Jeff Nicolas -- The Holy Spirit and listener receptivity: Preaching that soaks in like good butter on warm toast / Karla Bellinger -- If you're not real, I'm not coming / Peter McCormick, CSC -- If our hearts are on fire, what are our bodies doing? / Suzanne Nawrocki -- Fired up-burned out / Richard Stern -- Spirituality: Preaching's catalyst / Fred A Baumer and Patricia Hughes Baumer.