Homiletics

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Culture
Sermon Development
Congregational Participation in Preaching: More Than “Now Turn to Your Neighbor…”

I was recently leading a [...]

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
What All Four Gospels Bring to the Pulpit

Week after week, we preachers are offered a set of [...]

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Sermon Development
Holy Lands, Holy Attention

For almost as long as people have called themselves “Christians,” they have undertaken pilgrimages to [...]

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Theology and Interpretation
Preaching Peculiar Passages of Scripture

Over the years, I have placed asterisks next to numerous [...]

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Videos
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 28C): Embodied thanksgiving

What if gratitude had steps? [...]

Book cover: Honest to God Preaching by Brent A. Strawn
Theology and Interpretation
Honest to God Preaching: Talking Sin, Suffering, and Violence

“We only know of Israel’s [...]

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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Culture
Sermon Development
The Risks of Preaching in Politically Fraught Times

In our current political climate, [...]