preaching after pandemic

Effects of the Pandemic on Preaching and Worship: Questions to Consider (A Guest Post)

Effects of the Pandemic on Preaching and Worship: Questions to Consider (A Guest Post)

Our guest blogger and Collective+ speaker, the Rev. Andrew Stoebig, suggests the events and traumas of our most recent cycle of memory calls for a deeper kind of reflection on the way we operate individually and within our community systems. Namely, now what? Whether your worship patterns since the pandemic are new or old or in between, does what you say match what you do? That is, does your pattern of and movement during worship support or challenge, confirm or deny, further or suppress your homiletical proclamation?

Redefining "Normal": A Preacher's Ongoing Re-Entry Plan

Redefining "Normal": A Preacher's Ongoing Re-Entry Plan

As many congregations are finding their way back to in-person worship, the temptation is strong to regain a sense of normalcy. But getting back to normal is only worthwhile if the “normal” we knew before is relevant to our present realities. In other words, does what you used to do make sense now? Here are five considerations for “re-entry” after COVID.