The 2015 Yale Divinity School Lyman Beecher Lectures – Dr. Alyce McKenzie

Watch the 2015 Lyman Beecher Lectures with Dr. Alyce McKenzie, Le Van Professor of Preaching and Worship and Director of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ for Preaching Excellence at Perkins School of Theology.

Watch the 2015 Lyman Beecher Lectures with Dr. Alyce McKenzie, Le Van Professor of Preaching and Worship and Director of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ for Preaching Excellence at Perkins School of Theology. Considered the preeminent homiletics lecture series in the U.S., the lectures were delivered Oct. 21-23, 2015, at the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn.

Oct. 21:  “Scene is the New Story” makes the case that scenes provide the basis for the theory and practice of preaching in the 21st century.


Oct. 22:  “The Preacher as “Scene-Maker” offers the biblical sage as the model for preachers’ understanding of their identity and work.


Oct. 23:  “The Scenic Sermon” sets out the core strategy of scenic preaching: inviting listeners into scenes and pointing them toward the larger story of God’s forgiving, transforming relationship with humankind.

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