Naomi Tutu (photo by steve 22 may 08)We spent the past week with 2,100 preachers attending the Festival of Homiletics in Minneapolis. Don't you wish you were there?
There was inspiration in abundance. Some of it came from the country's best preachers, who lectured and preached for five days. But some came from "normal" people. Normal people such as Naomi Tutu. She told a few tales on her famous father, the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
When Naomi and her siblings were young, they would begin murmuring "Amen" when they believed it was time for dad to wrap up his sermon, a cue he came to rely upon. Years later, he was asked to preach in an African-American church in the southern U.S. No sooner had Tutu begun speaking than the congregation began shouting "Amen." (In clergy circles, that's a funny story.)
In her own right, Naomi Tutu is an expert on race, justice and reconciliation. Another real treat was Beth Nielsen Chapman. On her latest CD, Prism, she sings in nine languages. She is melodic, spiritual and real. Another highlight was Prudence Johnson, especially when she sang an old Greg Brown tune. (See, preachers can have fun.)
See related post on the Festival of Homiletics.
There was inspiration in abundance. Some of it came from the country's best preachers, who lectured and preached for five days. But some came from "normal" people. Normal people such as Naomi Tutu. She told a few tales on her famous father, the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
When Naomi and her siblings were young, they would begin murmuring "Amen" when they believed it was time for dad to wrap up his sermon, a cue he came to rely upon. Years later, he was asked to preach in an African-American church in the southern U.S. No sooner had Tutu begun speaking than the congregation began shouting "Amen." (In clergy circles, that's a funny story.)
In her own right, Naomi Tutu is an expert on race, justice and reconciliation. Another real treat was Beth Nielsen Chapman. On her latest CD, Prism, she sings in nine languages. She is melodic, spiritual and real. Another highlight was Prudence Johnson, especially when she sang an old Greg Brown tune. (See, preachers can have fun.)
See related post on the Festival of Homiletics.
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That's a hilarious story about Naomi Tutu and her father!
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