Preaching and the Pastoral Vocation

Sean Barna: Why is preaching so tightly connected to the pastoral vocation? He says it's like a kid who falls in love with baseball or basketball because they have mentors and people they want to emulate on TV. The job really is a lot of alone time, quiet reading stays what Fred Craddock called a life of study. Barna: I don't think we will ever get away from the reality that faith actually does come by hearing.

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