Rebuilding Your Message
Practical Tools to Strengthen Your Preaching and Teaching
by Michael White and Tom Corcoran
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Pub Date Sep 04 2015 | Archive Date Oct 15 2015
Description
A parish doesn’t just communicate its mission from the pulpit. Teaching and preaching also happen in classes and small groups, in bulletins, on the church website and social media, and through volunteers who welcome visitors through its doors. In Rebuilding Your Message, Michael White and Tom Corcoran—authors of the bestselling books Rebuilt and Tools for Rebuilding—share dozens of strategies to help Catholic parishes establish and sustain excellent communications.
White and Corcoran believe that every parishioner should be engaged in communicating the Good News of Jesus Christ. The authors push Catholics beyond the status quo with practical help for creating a welcoming church, practicing homilies, and preparing lessons, as well as more complex strategies such as developing a message series that connects all forms of communication to both the liturgical year and the seasons of the local community.
Advance Praise
“Not only preachers and teachers but every parish leader and engaged Catholic should read this book. White and Corcoran show us how to communicate so that outsiders feel welcome, insiders grow as disciples, and the Good News of Jesus Christ is unmistakably heard. Here are more great tools for the New Evangelization!”
Most Rev. Thomas Wenski
Archbishop of Miami
“Communication is everything and everything is communication. I wish I had read this book eighteen years ago as I was starting out in parish ministry. Read this book, absorb it, and take control of your message!”
Rev. James Mallon
Author of Divine Renovation
"In my fifty years of priesthood, I've met few who match the creativity and insight of Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran about parish ministry. Theirs is an exciting path to watch and by which we can all come to recognize that Christ is alive and with us in our midst. He is in our communities—alleluia!”
Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson
Pastor of Saint Monica Catholic Community
Santa Monica, CA
“White and Corcoran are at it again! Thanks be to God! Wisely convinced that what the Church does not need any more of is mediocrity in parish life, they use their creative, innovative style to make the Gospel of Jesus accessible to the people of God. If you’re passionate about finding new ways of messaging and thus building the Kingdom of God in your parish, then this is a must-read. These are two wickedly talented guys who the Church needs more of!”
Rev. Tom Hurleya
Pastor of Old St. Patrick’s Church
Chicago, IL
“‘We are the Church’ is a conviction that has shaped the religious imagination of so many Catholics today. Rebuilding Your Message offers a clear vision and practical strategies for realizing that hope. Focused here on preaching and teaching, White and Corcoran address priests, deacons, staff, volunteers, and parishioners and once again give us a book to inspire, equip, and engage our leaders.”
Zeni V. Fox
Professor of Pastoral Theology
Seton Hall University
“What impresses me most is the eminent practicality of this book. White and Corcoran consider the ministry of the Word from every angle and remind us of facets of this ministry that are often overlooked. If every preacher and teacher took the crafting of their messages as intentionally as they do, the Catholic Church would be a far better place.”
Ann M. Garrido
Associate Professor of Homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology
Author of Redeeming Administration
“Once again White and Corcoran have knocked the ball out of the park with a practical, earthbound book that takes us to the heart of the matter—speaking the Gospel in ways that it can be heard clearly today. Their gift for putting into words what lies on the tip of the tongue for so many in ministry today makes this book refreshingly realistic and profoundly encouraging.”
Claire Henning
Executive Director of Parish Catalyst
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781594715785 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Shane H, Librarian
They should stop marketing these books to just churches. Rebuilding Your Message is an excellent read for anyone who has a message to spread. Churches, libraries, other non-profits, corporations, even politicians(perhaps especially politicians) could benefit from the advice and scripture contained inside. For such a short read, it contains a lot of detail instead of just broad strokes.
For someone like me who is transitioning into a new phase of career that is demanding more public speaking, the advice was eye opening. I always thought blessed to be surrounded by people who make it seem so easy. Now I know that I am blessed to be surrounded by people who put a lot of effort into their message.
The book is broken into four parts which could just as easily have been called: Prepare, Practice, Perform, and Post-Mortem. Every section, from the preface to the introduction to each of the eighty-nine chapters is prefaced by at least one relevant passage from scripture. After scripture, most chapters paint those broad brush strokes mentioned earlier and then “Try These Tools” will give you a number of specific avenues to explore.
In addition to solid, practical advice on the aspects of sharing your message; Father Michael and Tom share a lot of personal experience regarding their successes and failures. They share how they’ve learned that it’s not only the message you deliver verbally, but the message you present by your dress, how you carry yourself, how you and your staff welcome people. It’s how your building looks. It’s your parking lot. In short, your message is everything, and everything is your message.
If you’re serious about presenting a message for yourself, your church, your business or organization. If you’re looking for practical, yet challenging tools and methodologies to help make you successful with your message; then this is your book.
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