{"id":861,"date":"2023-03-06T09:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sensingt\/?p=861"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:51:26","slug":"being-there-even-when-you-are-not-presence-in-distance-preaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sensingt\/2023\/03\/being-there-even-when-you-are-not-presence-in-distance-preaching\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBeing There Even When You Are Not: \u2018Presence\u2019 in Distance Preaching.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to sermons through digital media is not new. However, the pandemic pressed many preachers into a medium in unexpected ways. The need for immediate solutions did not allow time for preachers to reflect on what was happening theologically. This paper explores theological presence. The question of how one creates connection and presence when no one is even in the same room, city, or country is not new. 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