The Word Made Public: Freedom of the Pulpit and the American Experiment
An old house. A New England meetinghouse. A village green. A pastor named Samuel West. What do they have in common? More than two centuries separate us from the American founding, yet the questions facing the Church remain remarkably familiar. This essay is an invitation to recover the patient discipline of beginning with God, listening before speaking, and remembering that the pulpit is not a stage but a sacred trust.
