Author: Heidi Mann

Science fiction and Bible stories
Culture
Theology and Interpretation
Using Science Fiction to Retell Bible Stories

Science fiction as a genre uses science, either imaginative or [...]

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Theology and Interpretation
Moving from Career to Calling: Preaching Vocation

In this article, I would like to explore the difference [...]

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Sermon Development
Equipping Youth to Share How Service Learning Trips or VBS Shaped Their Faith

Youth ministry is not really [...]

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Culture
Preaching Jesus in an Era of Christian Nationalism

Only gradually are folks in [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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, [...]

Rock on wood background with message: For all those we have loved and lost
Sermon Development
Preaching (in the Midst of) Your Own Grief

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

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Sermon Development
The Visual Preacher

Pastor-cartoonist-professor Steve Thomason never “grew out of” drawing. Drawing was his go-to way to play as a [...]

Entry into the City
Preaching Series
Matthew 21:1–11 – Jesus’s Triumphal Entry [6 of 6]

This Lenten series began with [...]