The splotch
Rather like a clown, this shape is zany, quirky, and liable to keep you entertained. Firing off in several directions as it does, there is no time to get bored, and it is almost certain to ‘hit’ everyone at some point. What it gains in attraction, though, it loses in focus. Where is it heading and what is it for?
Look out for shape #5, the broken arrow, at lunchtime…
Religious entertainment? Sermons can be fun? And why not? But does this style point more to the preacher than the One the preacher wants to point people to?
You make a very good point. A preacher should put as much care and effort into the wording and timing of preaching as an entertainer would. However, if the preacher is what people remember most about a sermon after it is preached – then she or he has missed the mark, surely?
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