Sermon Development
Point of Identification: Matching Message with Context
Often I hear sermons where [...]
Sermon Development
Sermon Development
Preaching to Personas: 5 Ways to Reach Your Intended Audience
Who is the intended audience? [...]
Sermon Development
Walk the Dog: Preaching with Confidence
After decades of teaching preaching, I’ve learned that one of [...]
Sermon Development
Got Stewardship?
Years ago there was a campaign from the milk industry in the United States that asked a [...]
Sermon Development
How to Get Useful Sermon Feedback from Listeners: 5 Keys for Success
It’s the end of the [...]
Sermon Development
Twenty Questions to Ask the Text
Although there are many different ways of reading the Bible, [...]
Sermon Development
Stories We Tell One Another
I recently finished work on an MFA in Creative Writing—that is, I graduated with a [...]
Sermon Development
First Words: What the Beatitudes Tell Us about Jesus as a Preacher
“Guess what the first words [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching in the Year of Matthew (RCL Year A 2019-2020)
Preaching through the year of [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching Tough Texts
There are some tough texts coming up in the lectionary. I’m thinking especially of the Hosea 1 [...]
