Pandemic homiletics?

The Covid-19 pandemic confronted the world and South Africans with challenges of health care “Zoomification”. From 29th March 2020 it was, because restriction ban on gatherings, expected from ministers faith leaders in Africa to use online technology preach their sermons. Many preachers had rethink format content preaching. question arose as what sermons may look like during these times, specifically God images This chapter examines sermon a purposive sample combined Stellenbosch circuit Dutch Reformed Church Uniting Southern Africa. Twenty-four were analysed, making combination Heidelberg method analysis grounded theory order identify core themes preaching used at start pandemic. Based sermons, researcher asked three questions: Which texts did choose? What emerged sermons? With which work? Using ATLAS.ti, coded, topics identified, discerned.When I began writing linesit was not, be sure, inspiration but desperation,to alive, believe again love God.The is not thing one comprehendsbut that by which—and only which—one comprehended.It child’s time pre-reflective being,and time, we learn its lack.Christian Wiman, Survival Style