Preaching to Remove White-Colored Glasses
There are distinct stages of transformation, and our listeners are going to be somewhere on this spectrum, just as we are. Call them into work beyond their current stage, and they may resist change even more. Instead, we need to shift our preaching to meet folks at the stage they’re at in order to move them to the next.
Eight Tips to Preach Across the Divide
If your experience is like mine, you’ve never preached in a political and cultural climate as volatile and unpredictable as the one we face in the U.S. right now. How do we preach the unifying love of Christ when many are divided? How do we preach peace in the face of vitriol? How do we preach dignity when displays of disrespect are paraded as badges of honor?