Worth a Thousand Pictures

"A word is worth a thousand pictures."


That idea is from the introduction to Sermons that Work XIV: Preaching from Psalms, Oracles, And Parables, which is part of a series "devoted to presenting examples of preaching excellence from parishes throughout the Episcopal Church"

Series editors Roger Allin and David Schalfer go on to write

A word can send a shower of illuminating sparks in a thousand different directions. One word—tree, dog, water; hope, hate, hospitality; dancing, grasping, savoring—can trigger immediate, palpable awareness of countless alternative worlds. Those nine words just did that for you did they not?)

The book collects sermons that preach the "gallery of living pictures" found in the prophets and psalms of the Old Testament.

I am honored to have a sermon preached at King of Peace published in the collection alongside some esteemed Episcopal preachers. It is a sermon I gave in the wake of September 11, 2001 from the oft neglected book of Habukkuk.

But you, gentle reader, don't have to buy the book to read that sermon as I will link to the text of Faithfulness to the Vision for free.

peace,
Frank+
The Rev. Frank Logue, Pastor + King of Peace Episcopal Church