Progressional Dialogue

Our church met in homes this past summer before moving into another school. One of the wonderful things about meeting in homes was that the preaching/teaching time was always--really by necessity--interactive and conversational. By the time we moved into the school last month, I had become hooked on what God was doing as people participated in the discussion of the text. I was also reading Doug Pagitt's Preaching Re-Imagined and learning even more about the differences between speaching and progressional dialogue (If you haven't read the book yet, I highly recommend it. I have been preaching for 14 years and this is my first time to present the Scripture without "speaching" other than in a small group format. I agree with Doug that progressional dialogue should not replace other forms of preaching, but it needs to be a standard staple in the diet of the church). I'll blog more on this as we experiment with it in the days ahead.