The next step we need to take is to tentatively identify the main theme of the passage. This may be changed as we continue ...
At St. Joseph’s Episcopal, as I scouted out the pulpit before the service, Vicar Lauren showed me how to rest the lectionary ...
Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...
Sermons belong in church, not our earbuds. Up until what seems like just yesterday, Christians had to show up in church to hear the sermon on Sunday morning. It happened in real time, once a week. If ...
NASHVILLE (RNS) — Colleen Reese was ticked at her preacher. Listening to the minister’s sermon at Franklin Christian Church, south of Nashville, she took exception when he began to criticize parents ...
On any given Sunday, churchgoers settle into pews as a clergy person takes an ancient holy text and figures out what it has to say about our lives today. But how would worshippers feel if they found ...