{"id":3769,"date":"2020-05-21T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?page_id=3769"},"modified":"2020-05-21T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:29:23","slug":"poets-prophets-preaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/webinars\/poets-prophets-preaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Poets, Prophets, and Preaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This webinar with Chad Wright-Pittman took place on June 2, 2020. You can watch the recording below, or check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/webinars\/past-webinars\/\">Past Webinars<\/a> to catch up on any others you may have missed!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poets, Prophets, and Preaching\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/427719982?app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Webinar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 8th century prophets and many modern poets have at least one thing in common: they know how to effectively use metaphor, symbolism, and poetic language to communicate about deeper and higher ideals\u2026 Let\u2019s take a look at both ancient and modern uses of poetry and see how they might inform our preaching today, in hopes of flexing and stretching our own prophetic muscles that we might point toward God\u2019s vision of justice for the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Chad Wright-Pittman<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/files\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/05\/Chad-headshot.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad is a pastor, thinker, musician, and enthusiast; a lover of: people, scripture, action, and reflection. 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