Preaching to People

At the recent Leicester Conference for ministers there was a session entitled, Where are all the Preachers? I wished to add to the discussion the fact that there is more to preaching than getting a text and preparing an accurate exposition. We must take into account the congregation; we must think of their needs and if we are pastors we should know what they are. So I have put on my other blog Writings and Ramblings a fraternal address - partly in note form, given a few years ago.