Craft of Preaching

Mother's Day in Church
Theology and Interpretation
Mother’s Day, in Church?

Mother’s Day can present a conundrum to preachers, pastors, and ministry leaders. It is not [...]

Author
Amy Marga
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Videos
Palm Sunday: Upside down

What kind of king rides into Jerusalem on a donkey? The upside down kind. Matt Skinner shares [...]

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Matt Skinner
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Culture
Digital Homiletics

The Covid-19 pandemic threw a lot of preachers into the deep end of online preaching, without resources [...]

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Working Preacher
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Videos
Fifth Sunday in Lent: The act of unbinding

What if preaching itself is an act of unbinding? Karoline [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
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Videos
Fourth Sunday in Lent: Suspicion versus compassion

When the man born blind [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders
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Videos
Third Sunday in Lent: Living water

She left her jar behind. What will the people who [...]

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Matt Skinner
Why I Preach the Narrative Lectionary
Sermon Development
Why I Preach from the Narrative Lectionary

Scripture tells a story. It tells many stories, in fact, [...]

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Arthur Wright
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Videos
Second Sunday in Lent: Wrestling with what’s real

Nicodemus asks Jesus, “How can these [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
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Sermon Development
Preaching (in the Midst of) Your Own Grief

I spent 10 of my 21 years as a pastor [...]

Author
Collette Broady Grund
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Videos
First Sunday of Lent: Living in wilderness spaces

Power. Glory. Empire. Jesus said no. The wilderness is a [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders