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Monday, 6 October 2008
Learning style and worship
We did a session today on learning style. I came out as strongly visual and fairly strongly kinaesthetic - so I need to look at things and move around a bit when learning? I'm sure there's a bit more to it than that... maybe we get on to it another time. But what was more interesting was a couple of throwaway comments that the facilitator made linking learning style with worship/church. I always knew that I have trouble listening to sermons - I'm not sure they sink in for many people, but for me they *really* don't make an impact. I'd learn much more if they just gave me the text of the sermon to read and then discuss. I had to fill out a sheet today about preaching, and one of the questions was 'what good sermons/preachers' have you heard. I discovered that I could remember approximately 2.7 sermons, which is a bit unfortunate considering that I must have listened to at least a million sermons (+/- one or two) in the last 20 years. I have however had many good worship experiences interrupted by a tedious sermon! This is doubly unfortunate since I'm going to be doing the preaching myself very soon...
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Hello from western Canada:
I followed you from Linda McClung's blog; and I am compelled to reply to this entry. If you are about to become the one delivering sermons, your experience should be your guide: instead of standing there boring people to sleep or tears, try a few sermons in a style that would keep you interested. If you get a good response, then breaking new ground is a good thing.
Hugs,
Neil
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