Comments on: The Crisis of a Fiction-less Church http://seminaryblog.com/2008/07/16/the-crisis-of-a-fiction-less-church/ A blog by the Admission Department of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:10:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: 53 Ways to Prepare for Seminary | Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary http://seminaryblog.com/2008/07/16/the-crisis-of-a-fiction-less-church/#comment-1063 53 Ways to Prepare for Seminary | Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:52:03 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/?p=442#comment-1063 [...] Read more classic and contemporary fiction. [...] [...] Read more classic and contemporary fiction. [...]

]]> By: Jeni http://seminaryblog.com/2008/07/16/the-crisis-of-a-fiction-less-church/#comment-904 Jeni Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:38:57 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/?p=442#comment-904 What a great post! But I have to ask -- do you have any personal recommendations for either books of poetry or fiction? What a great post! But I have to ask — do you have any personal recommendations for either books of poetry or fiction?

]]> By: Lauren http://seminaryblog.com/2008/07/16/the-crisis-of-a-fiction-less-church/#comment-893 Lauren Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:21:54 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/?p=442#comment-893 Wonderful post! I'd never thought about this before, but it makes so much sense. I cringe every time I hear a pastor complaint about having to hear the same old stories again and again from his parishioners. We can learn so much if we would just stop and listen. And some day, I'll be the old lady talking incessantly and I hope someone will be kind enough to listen to me. :) Wonderful post! I’d never thought about this before, but it makes so much sense. I cringe every time I hear a pastor complaint about having to hear the same old stories again and again from his parishioners. We can learn so much if we would just stop and listen. And some day, I’ll be the old lady talking incessantly and I hope someone will be kind enough to listen to me. :)

]]> By: Braaten http://seminaryblog.com/2008/07/16/the-crisis-of-a-fiction-less-church/#comment-889 Braaten Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:35:54 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/?p=442#comment-889 Here, Here! I remember Dr. Weinrich saying that if you want to be a pastor and learn how to speak to people in a way that engages their minds and touches their hearts, you ought to be reading fiction and poetry, and watching movies. The reading because of the things you spoke of in your post, and the movies because you learn how to use allusion, foreshadowing, non-linear modes of storytelling to convey reach people with the God's law and gospel. Anthony Esolen in the same interview referenced in my post below speaks of what he thinks is the masculine genius. This genius is the ability to make grammars out of things that we come into contact with. That when we listen to stories we don't simply get caught up in the story, though there is some of that, but we are also analyzing, dissecting, and organizing themes from all the stories we hear and read and see. Anyway, this is a great post, Scott. Thank you for sharing. Here, Here! I remember Dr. Weinrich saying that if you want to be a pastor and learn how to speak to people in a way that engages their minds and touches their hearts, you ought to be reading fiction and poetry, and watching movies.

The reading because of the things you spoke of in your post, and the movies because you learn how to use allusion, foreshadowing, non-linear modes of storytelling to convey reach people with the God’s law and gospel.

Anthony Esolen in the same interview referenced in my post below speaks of what he thinks is the masculine genius. This genius is the ability to make grammars out of things that we come into contact with. That when we listen to stories we don’t simply get caught up in the story, though there is some of that, but we are also analyzing, dissecting, and organizing themes from all the stories we hear and read and see.

Anyway, this is a great post, Scott. Thank you for sharing.

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