Martha Brune Rapp is a preacher, spiritual director, and hospital
chaplain who works with patients in behavioral medicine programs.
Called to ministry after a long career in corporate marketing
communications, she holds a DMin in preaching and a certificate in
spiritual direction. This is her first book.
"With wisdom, clarity, and imagination, Martha Brune Rapp weaves a
seamless fabric of preaching theology and practice for her readers.
Part Socratic dialogue and part storytelling, Conversations with
Benjamin offers a thoughtful exploration of who the preacher is
and what skillful preaching does. Dr. Rapp's insights are fresh and
encouraging--good news for today's preachers and other ministers of
God's word."
--Deborah Wilhelm, coauthor of Preaching Matters: A Praxis for
Preachers, and codirector, Delaplane Preaching Scholars,
Aquinas Institute of Theology
"Spiritual director and preaching guru Martha Rapp tells the story
of young Fr. Benjamin and his painful sense of burden,
ineffectiveness, and self-doubt in the pulpit. Benjamin finds
healing for his preacher's dis-ease when he meets a divinely-sent
teacher and embarks on a mountaintop experience of courageous trust
in God, himself, and his people. He learns that preaching is a love
story and an all-encompassing invitation to health and
healing."
--Gregory Heille, OP, Professor of Preaching and Evangelization,
Aquinas Institute of Theology
"This book is a delight to read and a homiletical jewel. Engaging
and sagacious, Conversations with Benjamin holds a unique
place in preaching literature: a novella! Within its candid pages
you will discover both Sophia-light and spiritual direction.
Wherever you are in your pilgrimage of preaching, newly minted or
weary-worn, this book will prove a wonderful companion, faithfully
guiding and nourishing your vocation as preacher."
--Kay Lynn Northcutt, formerly the Fred B. Craddock Associate
Professor of Preaching and Worship, Phillips Theological
Seminary
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