On the first day of our introductory preaching course, my colleague presents a continuum. At one end is the view that the preacher has sole responsibility to make the gospel heard, to get Jesus to ...

July 1 is the date in the Archdiocese of Washington when the re-assignment of pastors and associates come into effect. So, it is also a time when you encounter a new preaching style from the new ...

Preachers' favoritism for the epistles—with brief forays into the gospels or Wisdom literature—is well known. It's unfortunate that such a disproportionate amount of pulpit time is given to some ...

Sermons are like fresh vegetables: best consumed close to the garden. They tend to lose their taste when packaged for the mass market. These sermons collected from the days after September 11 were ...

Rev. Kelly U. Farrow is training the next generation of preachers. Photo courtesy of Dr. Kelly U. Farrow When the Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow founded an institute to support Black preachers in 2019, she ...

What’s the hardest part of writing a sermon? It’s a tough question because there are so many challenging aspects of preaching—exegesis, outlines, illustrations, delivery, etc. But based on my pastoral ...

“All things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (Rom 8:28). The glory of Jesus lights up his entire family tree. Everyone participates in the mystery of his ...