{"product_id":"preaching-to-people-in-pain-how-suffering-can-shape-your-sermons-and-connect-with-your-congregation-paperback","title":"Preaching to People in Pain: How Suffering Can Shape Your Sermons and Connect with Your Congregation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew D. Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 Book Award Winner (Church\/Pastoral Leadership)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutreach \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 Recommended\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eResource (Church)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthwestern Journal of Theology \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Book of the Year Award (Honorable Mention, Preaching\/Ministry\/Leadership)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOffering an important corrective to a pain-averse culture that celebrates individualism and success, veteran preacher and teacher Matthew Kim encourages pastors to preach on the painful issues their congregations face. Through vulnerability and self-disclosure, pastors can help their congregants share their suffering in community for the purpose of healing and transformation. The book includes stories, shares relevant Scripture texts imparting biblical wisdom, and offers best practices for preaching on specific topics. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and a sample sermon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Insightful and beautifully instructive\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVeteran preacher and teacher Matthew Kim encourages pastors to preach on pain to help their congregants identify and share their suffering in Christian community for the purpose of healing and transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Each week, the people in our pews carry with them loss, grief, and suffering, and they long for a way to meet God in the midst of their struggles. When sermons focus only on the victory of the Christian life, this makes walking the way of Jesus more difficult for those who are in pain. Kim helps those of us who preach take up the holy responsibility of proclaiming that every part of our lives--including our sorrow and pain--is something that we address as a church and is, more importantly, a place to encounter God.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTish Harrison Warren\u003c\/b\u003e, Anglican priest; author of \u003ci\u003eLiturgy of the Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrayer in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kim is a battle-scarred, veteran pastor familiar with suffering and a master teacher of preaching. His perceptive, poignant book will pluck up your courage and inspire you to preach powerful sermons that birth hope in the lives of people who suffer.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKen Shigematsu\u003c\/b\u003e, pastor, Tenth Church, Vancouver, British Columbia; author of \u003ci\u003eSurvival Guide for the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insightful and beautifully instructive book on preaching to people who experience pain--on all sorts of levels. \u003ci\u003ePreaching to People in Pain\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to pastoral ministry, to preaching, and to the field of homiletics. Kim is to be commended for addressing this tender and fragile but often overlooked aspect of the preaching task.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eScott M. Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e, Truett Seminary, Baylor University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With wisdom and courage Kim invites preachers to name their own pain for the sake of their own health and the health of their congregations.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMandy Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, pastor and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vulnerable Pastor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Frederick Buechner famously wrote that the preacher should not be like the captain of a ship 'who is the only one aboard who . . . does not know that the waves are twenty feet high.' Preaching to pain clearly indicates that we understand that there are waves. Confessing our own pain as part of that process indicates that we have had to navigate the waves too. Kim addresses the waves and rides them with his readers to teach us all how to navigate life's storms by the light of our Savior's heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBryan Chapell\u003c\/b\u003e, pastor emeritus, Grace Presbyterian Church; president emeritus, Covenant Seminary; author of \u003ci\u003eChrist-Centered Preaching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew D. Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the George F. Bennett Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology, director of the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching, and director of Mentored Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He authored \u003ci\u003ePreaching with Cultural Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, the 2018 \u003ci\u003ePreaching\u003c\/i\u003e magazine Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161897537671,"sku":"9781540961297","price":36.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a2680ed53ffbd6502bc272d894aeaa7b.webp?v=1733284952","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/preaching-to-people-in-pain-how-suffering-can-shape-your-sermons-and-connect-with-your-congregation-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}