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Always has been, always will be. Preaching is hard. Anyone who has ever sat with the Bible open, surrounded by commentaries, with a date circled on the calendar, knows what I mean. Words don’t jump to ...

My familiarity with the preaching ministry comes from my years as a parish priest, college professor, and television producer. Each of these aspects of my ministry has provided the guidance and the ...

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly’s Kim Lawton profiles famed preacher Gardner C. Taylor in this week’s full-text RNS article, linked above. Quote: “He almost single-handedly has elevated and made visible ...

“The Romance of Preaching”! Under this title C. Silvester Horne delivered one of the most brilliant and inspiring series of all the Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale. Speaking in 1914, a few months ...

I have been thinking about the best preacher I ever heard. Not about the single best homily or sermon, but about the best and most consistent preaching I have encountered. When it comes to preaching, ...

In reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on our world, Kayla August examines the intersection of preaching, faith, and seeking justice. On the day we celebrate the Reverend Doctor Martin ...

“Between us and you a great chasm is established” (Luke 16:26). The parable in today’s Gospel is another of Jesus’ brilliant pleas to the Pharisees to recognize the inseparability of the great ...

Our six-year-old son Jonah likes to have his toenails painted. Who wouldn’t, really? It’s downright delightful to express yourself with color and sparkle and to receive a few precious minutes of ...