Preaching and Disability – avoiding stumbling blocks

by Katie Tupling

Part of my ordination training was preaching classes , where we studied the mechanics of putting together a sermon . Length , content , style , depth and delivery were the key ingredients . We were dispatched to write a sermon on different passages of scripture , and allocated a different congregation to whom we would be speaking – all-age , older people , mixed church traditions … Dutifully we prepared , delivered and then faced peer critique .