Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog

by Maynard, Beth

• ISBN13: 9781561012237
• ISBN10: 1561012238
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Cowley Pubns

Summary

A thoughtful and provocative collection of sermons by a group of preachers from across the international church spectrum who have been moved to theological reflection on the art and work of U2.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson	xi
Introduction by Raewynne J. Whiteley and Beth Maynard	xv
Part 1: october/new year's day by Sarah Dylan Breuer	1	(26)
There's a heaviness in the air... by Raewynne J. Whiteley	3	(6)
To See What You See: On Liturgy & Learning & Life by Steven Garber	9	(6)
Not Afraid to Die, Not Afraid to Live by Henry VanderSpek	15	(8)
Temples of an Incarnate God by David Friedrich	23	(4)
Part 2: until the end of the world by Sarah Dylan Breuer	27	(26)
The Psalms, the Blues, and the Telling of Truth by Jamie Howison	31	(6)
Wake Up Dead Man: Singing the Psalms of Lament by Brian J. Walsh	37	(6)
Deliverance Where the Streets Have No Name by Stephen Butler Murray	43	(6)
Bridging the Betweens by Raewynne J. Whiteley	49	(4)
Part 3: staring at the sun by Sarah Dylan Breuer	53	(30)
Reconcilers in a Violent World by Jay R. Lawlor	55	(6)
Grace: U2, the Apostle Paul, and Latin American Theology by Clint McCann	61	(8)
Living the Question: Privilege, Poverty, and Faith by Jennifer M. McBride	69	(6)
Walk On: Biblical Hope and U2 by Brian J. Walsh	75	(8)
Part 4: desire by Sarah Dylan Breuer	83	(26)
Pressing On with U2 and Paul by Steve Stockman	85	(6)
Beyond Prosperity by Jamie Parsley	91	(4)
Finding The Way To The Playboy Mansion by Derek Walmsley	95	(4)
Wandering Sheep by Darleen Pryds	99	(4)
If We Were More Like Thomas by Beth Maynard	103	(6)
Part 5: elevation by Sarah Dylan Breuer	109	(22)
The Coming of Love by Julie Bogart	111	(4)
A Wedding Sermon for Nathan and Sandie by Steven Garber	115	(6)
The Voice You Find May Be Your Own by Anna Carter Florence	121	(6)
Love's Dim Reflection by Shawnthea Monroe-Mueller	127	(4)
Part 6: fire by Sarah Dylan Breuer	131	(26)
Lent, Part One by Beth Maynard	133	(6)
Grace the Beauty-Maker by Wade Hodges	139	(6)
Dying to Live by Leslie J. Reinke	145	(4)
A Turning Point by Amy Lincoln	149	(4)
An Army of One by Mike Kinman	153	(4)
Appendices
A: "Woo me, sister; move me, brother!" What does Pop Culture Have to Do with Preaching? by Raevvynne J. Whiteley	157	(10)
B: A Brief History of U2 for Novices by Beth Maynard	167	(10)
C: Pursuing God with U2: An Adult Study by Beth Maynard	177	(28)
Contributors	205