December 25, 2016 John 1:1-14 This year I’ve been doing a preaching fellowship at the seminary. We have monthly small peer group meetings and a couple residencies scattered throughout the year where we all gather together. Our main leader/teacher/mentor is the preaching professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, Ruthanna Hooke. Her background is in theatre, so one of her main pushes is always to have us find ways to expand our preaching so it isn’t just about theology and research and careful wording but also about our whole selves, including our bodies. And so all kinds of interesting and surprising things are part of our time together. Yoga, improv, good snacks. And lots of body and voice techniques. She has us take deep breaths and sigh out noisily, sometimes while letting our heads fall forward. Or she'll have us stretch out as far as we can and then relax different sections of our bodies. Or we'll hum from deep inside, feeling the vibrations in our