Craft of Preaching

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Theology and Interpretation
Worship
Preaching the Language of Lament

Lament is a language born of both grief and anger: [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders
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Videos
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Refusing to be silenced

Grab your coffee and join [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
Videos
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Honoring courage

Peter steps out of the boat into a storm. Cody [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders
Videos
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Focused on mercy

This Sunday’s Gospel is Matthew 14:13-21. Matt Skinner reminds us [...]

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Matt Skinner
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Culture
Sermon Development
Balancing Authority and Curiosity: Homiletics Training from the Theatre

My first career was as [...]

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Jaclyn P. Williams
Videos
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Treasure hunting

Karoline Lewis goes treasure hunting for this week’s Gospel, Matthew [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
Videos
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Parable of the wheat

Cody Sanders offers a fresh [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders
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Culture
Sermon Development
Congregational Participation in Preaching: More Than “Now Turn to Your Neighbor…”

I was recently leading a [...]

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Adam White
Videos
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Parable of the sower

Preaching the Parable of the [...]

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Matt Skinner
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Coupling

A yoke is not a burden, it is what couples [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis