The Overshadowed Preacher

The Overshadowed Preacher  breaks open one of the most important, unexamined affirmations of preaching: the presence of the living Christ in the sermon.  Jerusha Matsen Neal argues that Mary's conceiving, bearing, and naming of Jesus in Luke's nativity account is a potent description of this mystery. Mary's example calls preachers to leave behind the false shadows haunting Christian pulpits and be "overshadowed" by the Spirit of God.  Neal   asks gospel proclaimers to ow