{"product_id":"illuminating-sermons-curating-illustrations-that-inspire-9798889834953","title":"Illuminating Sermons: Curating Illustrations That Inspire","description":"\u003cp\u003eGood sermon illustrations are among a preacher's most persistent needs. However, Carlos E. Wilton argues that asking where to find good illustrations is the wrong question. In \u003ci\u003eIlluminating Sermons\u003c\/i\u003e, Wilton offers practical wisdom about how preachers can curate their own materials that extend beyond sermon illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing museum curation as a lens, this book presents the foundational habit of holy wonder to help preachers recognize short textual materials--metaphors, stories, quotations, and poetry--that shimmer with the possibility of inspiration. The book casts an imaginative vision for preachers to develop lifelong disciplines of attention, creativity, discernment, and personal organization as they acquire, store, and deploy materials that illuminate rather than illustrate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlluminating Sermons\u003c\/i\u003e provides an accessible approach for preachers to develop and sustain a practice to curate their own sermon illuminations. This easy-to-use approach makes the book ideal for seminary students in homiletics, preachers, and lay ministry educators who desire an innovative approach toward sermon preparation and development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilton, Carlos E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos E. Wilton \u003c\/b\u003eis a retired Presbyterian pastor and seminary professor with over forty years' experience. The author of four books about lectionary-based sermon resources and one book on Presbyterian polity, Wilton has more than fifteen years' experience as principal sermon-illustrations writer for the popular \u003ci\u003eHomiletics Online\u003c\/i\u003e resource. With his wife, the Rev. Claire Pula, he lives in Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661306724626,"sku":"9798889834953","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cfc2ec3b-7cf8-462b-b864-6a1c08740754.jpg?v=1760440305","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/illuminating-sermons-curating-illustrations-that-inspire-9798889834953","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}