Author: Heidi Mann

For Every Matter Under Heaven: Preaching on Special Occasions
Culture
Sermon Development
For Every Matter Under Heaven

Funerals, Weddings, and Preaching into Life’s Many Other Seasons and Circumstances Funeral? Wedding? House blessing? [...]

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Preaching Series
First-Century Guidance for 21st-Century Preaching: A Sermon Series on 1-2 Timothy

Leading a church as part [...]

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Culture
Sermon Development
The Risks of Preaching in Politically Fraught Times

In our current political climate, [...]

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Theology and Interpretation
Preaching Jeremiah: In Memory of Walter Brueggemann

How is preaching today similar [...]

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Culture
Sermon Development
Preaching and AI

People all over the world are using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). ChatGPT is now the fifth most [...]

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Sermon Development
What Kind of Preaching Inspires Faith in Listeners?

What is the ultimate goal [...]

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Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Gospel of Justice

What do you say to those who feel uncomfortable when [...]

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Sermon Development
Reading the Lectionary with Rashi

I have had the great fortune to teach in several [...]

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Theology and Interpretation
Preaching Congregational Endings

“It’s the end of the world, as we know it.” [...]

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Sermon Development
Divine Laughter: Preaching and the Serious Business of Humor

Do you ever experience a [...]