We Speak Because We Have First Been Spoken: A Grammar of the Preaching LifeWhat kind of Christian wisdom and character are required to hear and speak the Word of God with authenticity? How does the person of the preacher his or her spiritual life, moral formation, wisdom, and virtue affect the spoken sermon? Following Augustine's assertion that the preacher must become "a living sermon" a person whose language and life are one with the truth of God incarnate in Christ Michael Pasquarello here puts forth a vision of preaching