One-Year Anniversary of Making Preaching Easier!

It’s the one-year anniversary of The Collective/+!

To celebrate, we’re offering 3 months free with an annual membership.

To see how The Collective helps preachers write better sermons in less time, click the image below to download an interactive pdf detailing all the resources and benefits available to members.

  • Learn how you’ll grow as a preacher when you join The Collective/+!

  • Hear from Collective/+ members and Backstory Preaching’s Founding Steward, The Rev’d Lisa Cressman.

Click the image to learn more.

Click the image to learn more.

The Collective/+ is for you if you’ve been wanting to:

  • hear the Scriptures with new ears

  • finish your sermons earlier in the week so you can have your weekends back

  • establish a sermon prep process you can rely on week after week

  • craft better sermons so your preaching truly connects with your listeners

  • talk through the quandaries of preaching in this cultural climate

  • be part of an ecumenical community of preachers who "get it"

  • or simply rekindle your love of preaching


Members say their sermons are better, and their listeners can tell.

They feel more connected to God and part of a community.

They’re less stressed about their preaching.

They’re more joyful about their preaching!


There’s literally no other preaching community like this.

The Backstory Preaching Collective/+ is the first and only online community dedicated to help you craft better sermons faster, while integrating the process with your spirituality and connecting you to other preachers.

There’s a lot in store for our second year! Don’t miss out!

The Collective/+ helps sermon prep time start on a Monday morning with other inspiring preachers and finish before the weekend. Instead of a solitary, anxious, two-step task of “exegesis and write,” sermon prep time is five clear doable steps that result in effective sermons. The Collective/+ has enabled a transformation of my approach to preaching and ministry in ways I had hoped a sabbatical or D.Min. would.
— Keith Y.