The Story Lectionary

For decades Leonard Sweet has revolutionized preaching with his narrative savvy and image exegesis, culminating in his exploration of Scripture's key "narraphors”. Like a parable, a narraphor (narrative + metaphor) contains the power of a metaphorical image with the accessibility and approachability of a story. Now, Sweet has passed on his expertise to his first—and only—doctoral preaching cohort at Portland Seminary. Effective preaching is the art of exegeting not only words and principles, but also images, metaphors and stories. His students have crafted the Story Lectionary, 52 sermons that re-tell the Story of Scripture from “the Garden to the Garden City.” Whether a scholar, preacher, or earnest student of Scripture, the Story Lectionary will challenge your presuppositions about Jesus Christ and radically enhance your understanding of God’s plans to heal the world.

"Moving from the Ordinary to Extraordinary" according to Gary Schulstad. "The Story Lectionary" is impressive and highly recommended.The "narraphors" (narrative + metaphor) mentioned in the summary describes the writing presented here by the preaching cohort at Portland Seminary much better calling these writings as sermons. T. Out Of The Park Bruce Barnard There's no more forward thinking preacher than Leonard Sweet. He has infused into his doctoral students his passion, zeal, and imagination for preaching through storytelling, and they hit the ball out of the park with this one! It's a "must-have" for any . "It's easy for preachers to sound the same week after week" according to Amazon Customer. It's easy for preachers to sound the same week after week. If you're wanting to see things in Scripture you've never seen and that most commentaries never address, open this book. Exegete the metaphors and unlock the power of THE narrative and unleash it