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# When confessional preaching goes too far
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2006620when-confessional-preaching-goes-too-far-html/
- Published: 2006-06-20T19:26:57.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:33.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, preaching, #DashHouseCom, #wp

A satirical article from [LarkNews.com](http://www.larknews.com/june%5F2006/secondary.php?page=2&ref=dashhouse.com):

> NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Brentwood Community Church’s congregation has asked its pastor to stop using the pulpit as his public confessional and to set boundaries on what he’s willing to share.

> “Every week he confesses another personal weakness,” says one member. “You get twitchy wondering what’s next.”

> The personal confession streak started after Pastor Greg Ott attended a pastors conference in Chicago. He returned and told the church he was embracing a “new vulnerability” with them.

> “That sounded great until we realized it meant he would dump his dirty laundry on us every Sunday,” says one church member.

> In the rhythm of his sermon, Ott’s confession usually comes a third of the way through, his people say. On a recent Sunday morning the congregation seemed to collectively cringe as he stepped around the pulpit and said, “Let me be real transparent with you …”

> “I brace myself until he spits it out,” says Jocelyn Garnet. “It makes for a tense service.”

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