Sermon Development

Four different Christ-like depictions
Theology and Interpretation
What All Four Gospels Bring to the Pulpit

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

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, [...]

Rock on wood background with message: For all those we have loved and lost
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 [...]

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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 [...]

View of Jerusalem skyline with church buildings
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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Culture
Sermon Development
Preaching and Neurodiversity

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

Children gathered with rapt attention
Culture
Sermon Development
Empowering Young People as Proclaimers

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

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, [...]