The Write Stuff: Crafting Sermons That Capture and Convince

by Sondra B. Willobee

Overview

With clarity and wit, preacher and writer Sondra Willobee explores the joyful process of crafting effective sermons. Gathering the strategies of good writers, Willobee shows how to capture and keep listeners' attention, how to generate suspense through structure, and how to increase impact with vivid language. In addition, Willobee offers examples, exercises, and reflections that help turn each chapter into a preaching workshop. The result is a book that will rekindle the creativity of experienced preachers and help new preachers develop their own compelling voices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664232818
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/16/2009
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Sondra B. Willobee is Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church in South Lyon, Michigan. Her writing has appeared in The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Driftwood Review, Windhover, Weathervane, and The Michigan Christian Advocate.