All relationships contain power dynamics. Preaching is no exception. Many of us, including pastors, are unaware of the power and privilege we hold. This unawareness leaches out into our preaching and serves to sustain systems of domination and oppression. How do we preach prophetically against domination systems which have deeply gripped our imaginations and evokes anxiety and violence in our speech? This thesis seeks to untangle the task of prophetic preaching from the explicit and implicit means of domination and coercion shaping our preaching and to offer alternative proposals which are cruciform, kenotic, incarnational, imaginative, and hopeful. The way forward moves through a process of depicting reality, embracing grief, and moving toward hope. This project resulted in the preacher becoming more culturally aware and cultivating healthier ways of navigating power dynamics in the preaching moment.
