preaching

Disengagement from politics is not an option. But I’m convinced that the problem for some hearers is more about method than content.

I once asked a child to give a Sunday sermon—on the book of Job.

As I pressed my sermon’s pages across the book’s valley, I couldn’t keep them from sliding into the groove.

Donyelle McCray takes readers on a tour of the edges of homiletics, exploring Black Americans’ gospel proclamation in various forms.

I’ve heard incarcerated women preach about a power that demands renunciation.

Some Sundays, my congregation needs a word that’s more raw than polished.

Tom Long’s invigorating new book empowers preachers to preach on and with the parables of Jesus.

It’s been said that a sermon should be judged by its impact beyond the moment when it’s preached. In the last month, the bishop’s sermon at the National Cathedral has been making a difference.

As preachers consider their response to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a sermon from the Gilded Age might guide the way.

I’m sure these faithful people have heard all of these words before. So what is my task here?

Jonathan Augustine makes a strong case for preaching that is both divinely inspired and socially determined.

I asked ChatGPT for a sermon. What it wrote seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere.

My job as a preacher isn’t to change the game. It’s to run the plays well.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

Great preaching always points to Jesus.

If we want our sermons to resemble real life, says Charles Campbell, we might take a hint from carnival.

I told the truth about her but not the whole truth.

I’ve preached more than 800 funeral sermons. Many of these deaths have marked me.

It’s not about me—it’s about God and the deceased.