Culture

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Culture
Creating a Culture of Preaching by Lay Leaders

“I feel closest to God when I’m running.” When a [...]

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Culture
Preaching Human Flourishing

Scripture casts many visions of God’s kingdom: Captives are freed, blind people see, wars and [...]

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

My first career was as [...]

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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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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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Culture
Preaching Jesus in an Era of Christian Nationalism

Only gradually are folks in [...]

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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 [...]

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Culture
Sermon Development
Writing for the Ear, Preaching from the Heart

Making connections is at the center of preaching, according to [...]

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Culture
Preaching with the ‘Nones’ in the Room

I spent the first half [...]

The Gospel People Don't Want to Hear by Lisa Cressman, Working Preacher Books series
Culture
The Gospel People Don’t Want to Hear

Preachers need to “let the sky fall,” says Lisa Cressman, [...]