Author: Heidi Mann

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

Crucifixion
Preaching Series
Luke 23:39–43 – Jesus Promises Paradise to Another Victim of Crucifixion [5 of 6]

At Golgotha, the state is [...]

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Preaching Series
John 13:1–17, 31–35 – Footwashing and the New Commandment [4 of 6]

Of all the things Jesus [...]

Mount of Olives, Old City, Jerusalem
Preaching Series
Matthew 24:1–14 – The Beginning of Jesus’s Temple Discourse [3 of 6]

Jesus has exited the temple [...]

Grapes with yellowed leaf in vineyard
Preaching Series
Mark 12:1–12 – The Parable of the Wicked Tenants [2 of 6]

The Gospels say little about [...]

Entry into the City
Preaching Series
Luke 19:28–40 – Jesus’s Triumphal Entry [Week 1 of 6]

Our passage is set on [...]