Craft of Preaching

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Easter 2C: You are invited

This Easter season, what invitation is the resurrected Jesus offering you? Karoline Lewis reminds us [...]

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Resurrection of Our Lord: Seek the Living

Rolf Jacobson reflects on the powerful question from Luke’s resurrection [...]

Preaching and humor - Working Preacher Books volume,
Sermon Development
Divine Laughter: Preaching and the Serious Business of Humor

Do you ever experience a [...]

Stones in an ancient wall
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Palm/Passion Sunday: Silence and Crowds

It’s Palm Sunday, but at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Minnesota [...]

Preaching and eco-crisis: Palm tree extendinerg over ocean with overcast clouds behind
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Passion Narrative in a Time of Eco-Crisis

dear Matafele Peinam you are [...]

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Lent 5C: The Fragrance of Love

Join Karoline Lewis for this week’s reflection from an unexpected [...]

Leading with the Sermon by Will Willimon in the Working Preacher Books series.
Sermon Development
Leading with the Sermon

The sermon can do so many things, but how is it “the most important leadership activity of [...]

Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son painting
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Lent 4C: Frustrated by Grace

Rolf Jacobson unpacks the powerful story of the prodigal son, revealing how God’s grace can [...]

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Lent 3C: Repentance as a gift

In Minneapolis, near the memorial for those lost in the I-35W bridge collapse, Matthew L [...]

The Risen Lord appears to St. Thomas and the apostles
Sermon Development
Hymns as Theological Commentaries

Born into a musical pastor’s family, I was hearing the [...]