preaching

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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 [...]

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Videos
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Blessed are you

Ever notice how Matthew’s Beatitudes hit differently when you include [...]

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Videos
Third Sunday after Epiphany: Preaching the truth

What pushes people to go public with the truth? In [...]

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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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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? [...]

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Culture
Sermon Development
Preaching and Neurodiversity

Something changed in my preaching when my church installed a prayground up front in the [...]

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Theology and Interpretation
Honest to God Preaching: Talking Sin, Suffering, and Violence

“We only know of Israel’s [...]

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Culture
Sermon Development
Empowering Young People as Proclaimers

As preachers, part of our vocation is in helping disciples [...]