Take & read: New books in practical theology
Pastoral, prophetic, and political
preaching
11 adverbs for good preaching
The best preachers, says Russell Mitman, preach liturgically, eschatologically, multi-sensorily, and eight more ways that end in -ly.
The preacher maintains a sacred conversation between God and the congregation.
The Witness of Preaching after three decades
To teach preaching, I need the witness of Tom Long—and others, too.
How a woman sounds in the pulpit
Preaching is an embodied act. Do women perform it differently from men?
Take & Read: Practical theology
Mary Clark Moschella recommends the best recently published books in her field.
How Karl Barth preached the gospel in a time of crisis
The headlines spoke of nationalism and war. Barth proclaimed a living God who calls for repentance.
Preaching in the promised land
After the Great Migration, some black preachers addressed the issues their white social-gospel counterparts avoided.
My temptation to spurn the evangelical preacher slipped away when I opened this volume.
In our current political climate, the preacher struggles to say something both unifying and prophetic.