Comments on: CFP: Call for Preachments

By: Jessawhy

Jessawhy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:55:23 +0000

With her permission, I'd like to nominate Mraynes sacrament meeting talk called The Grand Tapestry. It's pretty fabulous.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:03:45 +0000

Emily, those questions will be worked out in the editing process–we’ll try to keep them informal, although it usually does take a little cleaning up to get things to translate from spoken to written.

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:51:02 +0000

Kristine, how edited do you want these to be? Do you want to preserve some of the spontaneity of live discourse? Or do they need to be more carefully crafted than that?

By: SteveP

SteveP — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:03:53 +0000

What a great idea! I was looking at the American Library publication of American Sermons and thinking about the sermon as a medium that I'd never thought much about, but wanted to understand better. I'd love to see this as a feature in Dialogue!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:13:10 +0000

Rick, I don’t especially care whether it was delivered or not, only that it is sermon-like in construction–somewhat colloquial, exhortative (rather than merely descriptive or narrative, as a personal essay might be). But yes, if you’re like me, with more desire than opportunity to sermonize, here’s your chance :)

By: Jon W

Jon W — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:04:46 +0000

Thanks Kristine, honestly it is still easier to read longer documents when you get the real copy than it is to read it on an LCD screen.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:47:38 +0000

Please help me understand exactly how to distinguish a preachment from other types of “literature.” Would the distinguishing characteristic be that it is delivered verbally at some point? What if it is prepared, but never delivered verbally?

By: Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:46:08 +0000

Jon, I’m glad that there are still people who like to hold a physical object when they read–I’ll see if I can find out what the possibilities are.

By: Jon W

Jon W — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:36:23 +0000

Cool idea Kristine.

If I could recommend one more small thing. Could you guys at least mail hard copies to Canada? My electronic version has been a pain to get too and I just like having physical copies (I would even pay a bit more for additional postage like I do for the JMH)

Thanks! (not that you were soliciting those kind of suggestions…)