In the book that is written by Ed Reynolds, The Unforgettable Sermon (U.S.A. Beyond the Rail, 2013.) Reynolds offers instructions on the process of how to develop and deliver a homily that will impact the audience. First Reynolds addresses the grammatical aspect of writing the homily. Second, he looks at the content of the homily. Third, he concludes with tips on practicing how to deliver the homily. In this paper, I will give a brief summary of those three areas along with Reynolds method of writing a homily. Finally, I will attend to why I think Reynolds has an important message.
First, Reynolds talks about how sentence structure affects a homily. He recommends writing a lot of short and concise sentences. This will get your main point across
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Once the main idea comes into focus the next part is to communicate this message to the people. Reynolds points out that time management is critical because a person can get wrapped up into many different ideas at this point in the preparation. He recommends staying focus on the task of communicating that main idea. Reynolds gives a list of nine different ways of logical reasoning to use depending on the type of message that is being delivered and who the audience is. The next step is organizing these ideas and writing a draft and making revisions to finalize the homily. Reynolds also gives some insights on how to avoid writer 's block when you first start writing the homily. He stresses the importance of telling stories because most people will remember them and also use rhetoric in cases of persuading a person to take action in a particular …show more content…
He starts out at the beginning point of homily preparation that is the organizing the ideas which moves on to the writing process next he addresses editing the homily and finally ending with the delivery of the homily along with getting feedback from the audience. At each point in this process, he uses different quotes from public speakers along with their stories as examples to prove his point for the chapter. Reynolds also uses some stories to illustrate how to correct certain problems in the preparation of the homily. He seems to repeat certain themes as he continues explaining the process. I think he does this to motivate a person to refine certain areas of the homily. Reynolds also pays attention to the ideas that come up that would derail the main point of the homily preparation. I like how he recommends writing those ideas down so that they can possibly be used in the future. If I was asked what the pearl of his method was, I would stay focus. Meaning stay focused on the main point and also on the process of developing the homily. In the back of the book, there is an appendix where he gives quick tips with a summary that recaps the most important problems that he thinks will help you get the most clarity out of your homily in the shortest time
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