Preaching on Stewardship: Discern Three Meaningful Sermon Themes in Less than an Hour
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Preaching on Stewardship: Discern Three Meaningful Sermon Themes in Less than an Hour

Stewardship preaching can be full of angst because it seems so much is at stake. However, the focus on outcome moves our sermons away from the true needs of our congregations. This stewardship guide will help you reframe your stewardship preaching with a process you can complete in an hour, dozens of scriptures verses, and an example of how the process can be applied. May it encourage you in this stewardship season.

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The Uncomfortable Relationship Between Preacher, Stewardship, & Congregation: 4 Revealing Conversations
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The Uncomfortable Relationship Between Preacher, Stewardship, & Congregation: 4 Revealing Conversations

During stewardship season we preach to our parishioners about the need to offer their time, talent, and treasure.

But we preachers need a different conversation.

We need a frank, "backstory" conversation about our personal dependence on parishioners' donations, and the ways money affects our relationships with parishioners and colleagues and our capacity to preach with our whole selves.

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A Stewardship Sermon Series on Psalm 50:14 (Part 2 of 2)
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A Stewardship Sermon Series on Psalm 50:14 (Part 2 of 2)

This is the second of a two-part blog series , “A Four-Week Stewardship Sermon Series on Ps. 50:14..” The sermon series is titled “To Know God Is to Thank God.”

Psalm 50:14: “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and make good your vows to the Most High.”

  • Week One: Offer to God

  • Week Two: A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

  • Week Three: Make Good Your Vows

  • Week Four: To the Most High

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Using Money for Good: Preaching Tips & Tools to Grow Conscious, Ethical Consumers (A Guest Post)
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Using Money for Good: Preaching Tips & Tools to Grow Conscious, Ethical Consumers (A Guest Post)

It’s rather surprising we don’t find ourselves preaching a lot about money since fully 1/3 of the parables are about money and one in ten verses in the Gospels are connected to money. Getting money situated in its right relationship with our lives, and the world around us, is an important spiritual topic. And we need to tackle it.

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Preaching on money and finances: the Church's role in shaping our economy (A Guest Post)
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Preaching on money and finances: the Church's role in shaping our economy (A Guest Post)

Money shapes all of life. We—and our congregants—need to think about how we spend our money, how we invest our money, and how we relate to our money. As uncomfortable as these topics are for preachers, I believe we need to be willing to put our personal anxieties aside and walk into the deep waters where our parishioners live to launch some hard conversations. Our people desperately need that from us, and the Church must become a place where these necessary conversations can find a home.

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