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Agreed. If I were ever asked to teach homiletics, I've thought of doing it in a question and answer format, gradually getting them used to giving longer or more prepared answers without notes.
September 11, 2015 at 17:35 |
Paul MacNeil
Paul MacNeil
This is along the lines of why I asked the question a while back as to what each of us needs or doesn't need out of a system. I find that I and others sometimes don't fully realize what we do and don't need our tools for, so we end up focusing on solving problems we never really had instead of problems we do have.
I do need reminders, by the way, but a long list of everything is hardly the only way to remember the relatively few important things you might forget.
I do need reminders, by the way, but a long list of everything is hardly the only way to remember the relatively few important things you might forget.
September 11, 2015 at 19:49 |
Austin
Austin
Austin:
<< I do need reminders, by the way >>
The book says: "You can use reminders for specific things you don't want to forget."
<< I do need reminders, by the way >>
The book says: "You can use reminders for specific things you don't want to forget."
September 11, 2015 at 20:20 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Paul MacNeil:
"If I were ever asked to teach homiletics, I've thought of doing it in a question and answer format."
In Latin I hope, in proper "viva" style!
"If I were ever asked to teach homiletics, I've thought of doing it in a question and answer format."
In Latin I hope, in proper "viva" style!
September 11, 2015 at 20:22 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Questiones Disputatiae. In English, though, my English is bad enough!
September 11, 2015 at 21:20 |
Paul MacNeil
Paul MacNeil
<<The book says: "You can use reminders for specific things you don't want to forget.">>
I know I can - I answered my own question.
I know I can - I answered my own question.
September 12, 2015 at 14:35 |
Austin
Austin
I've been a bit slack lately about closing threads when they are about to run over onto more than one page, so this one is well overdue.
The continuation thread is at http://markforster.squarespace.com/forum/post/2542230#post2542230
The continuation thread is at http://markforster.squarespace.com/forum/post/2542230#post2542230
September 17, 2015 at 17:04 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Yes, as a pretty frequent public speaker myself in the past, I know exactly what you mean. If you know your subject well then it will come out of its own accord. No need to have even an outline most of the time. In fact I used to be able to lead a whole-day seminar with little more than a few glances at the timetable - and sometimes not even those.
It doesn't apply to sermons, but most speakers naturally get practice at talking without notes because they almost always have to answer questions after their talk, and these they have little choice but to answer off the cuff. So maybe the answer for note-dependent preachers is to give the congregation a chance to ask questions after their sermons!
So we're back to questioning being at the heart of creativity.