Tricks Of The Preaching Trade.

 One of the tricks in the public speaking trade is to not look directly at anyone, not to catch anyone's eye while you are speaking. You can look at their chins, or their foreheads, or you can look over their heads. I have seen preachers who never look at their audience, but as they preach they walk around all over the stage, looking at the back wall, or looking at the side walls, but never looking at the audience.

I have noticed that Pastor Rubi does not look directly at anyone while he is preaching, except for very brief instances. Most of the time, while he is speaking, he is looking over our heads. Either in church up on the stage, or in our Saturday prayer meetings, he rarely looks directly at anyone.

This is not a bad thing. It is common practice among public speakers.

One other rule is the 3 second rule. When speaking to people, do not look at any one person for over three seconds. If you stare at someone too long, they will become very uncomfortable. Pastor Mitchell would do this and it is unnerving to feel him looking right at you while he was preaching.

Public speaking is what preaching is. There are rules that you can learn. There are tricks to even this trade.

The next time you are listening to your pastor, look at his eyes and see if you can tell where he is looking.