Worship: A Symphony for the Senses is a three volume series, which presents Christian worship as an encounter to be experienced by the entire person-heart, mind, and all the senses. Few resources for worship bring together all these dimensions of a corporate service — a quality that makes this series invaluable for anyone involved in worship planning or in the study of the theology and philosophy of worship.
Gaddy presents a book of sermon materials that compliments precisely the book of orders of worship that is introduced in volume 2. This book begins with a brief statement on the relationship between preaching and worship — an essay that could have great importance in its own right. In conclusion, a sermon is provided for every service that is offered in Volume 2.
C. Welton Gaddy serves as the Executive Director of The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation in Washington, DC. He is a popular speaker on worship and faith and public life and is the author of several books on worship. He is also the pastor of preaching and ministry at Northminster Church in Monroe, Louisiana.
Welton Gaddy thinks like a scholar yet preaches for every woman and every man. His sermons are the result of serious study and beautiful wordsmithing. He loves God and, so obviously, knows God loves him, and he wants his listeners and readers to know that love as well. Gaddy is not sentimental about the love of God, rather he, in every sermon, preaches justice as love lived out in the world. Those who appreciate fine preaching will value Welton Gaddy's work.
— Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon
Suffragan Bishop of Washington
Diocese of Washington, DC
Welton Gaddy has assembled a treasure throve of sermonic wisdom. It is helpfully organized both by the liturgical seasons and a broad diversity of special issues. This collection of sermons reflects a net broadly cast indeed. Lay people and fellow minister alike will draw inspiration, renewal and guidance from this collection. Welton Gaddy knows that a good sermon proclaims the Gospel, interprets the Gospel and inspires faith and discipleship. This volume is evidence that he is well practiced not only in the theory of the sermonic art form, but in the craft of it as well.
— Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
General Secretary
National Council of Churches of Christ, NY
Reading Gaddy's sermons on worship creates a delightful dilemma. Do you keep them to yourself, so that when you use the material people will be impressed that you are such a brilliant, literary, pastoral, prophetic servant of the word? Or do you share this work with as many people as possible, so they may have their faith and imagination sparked by this rich treasury of insight and inspiration?
— Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.
Riverside Church, NY
