Event Title
Six Ways of Seeing: A Visual Grammar for Preaching
Location
Ballrooms B & C, Harre Union, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Start Date
10-4-2013 11:15 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 12:15 PM
Description
Preachers are accustomed to reading and proclaiming texts in the sermon. But how do you "read and proclaim" an image? When preachers use images in preaching, they need to learn the skill of reading that image and discover the variety of ways in which it can be incorporated into the sermon.
In this session, participants will learn six way of reading an image and verbally developing that image in the sermon.
COinS
Apr 10th, 11:15 AM
Apr 10th, 12:15 PM
Six Ways of Seeing: A Visual Grammar for Preaching
Ballrooms B & C, Harre Union, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
About the Presenter
The Rev. Dr. David Schmitt holds the Gregg H. Benidt Memorial Endowed Chair in Homiletics and Literature at Concordia Seminary. The responsibilities of this position involve teaching courses in homiletics and literature and serving as a resource to the church-at-large, through writing, speaking, and conducting workshops and symposia.
Dr. Schmitt joined the faculty in 1995 and has taught courses in preaching, evangelism, pastoral ministry, Christianity and literature, and the devotional life. He serves as Professor of Practical Theology and has represented the Institute for Mission Studies both in the Philippines, where he taught courses in preaching, and in Israel, where he was involved in a program of missionary outreach among the Messianic Jews.
Before coming to the seminary, he served as pastor of St. John the Divine in Chicago, IL. He earned his M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (1988), an MA in English from the University of Illinois (1990) and an MA and a PhD in English from Washington University in St. Louis (2005).