Advent Sermons: Quotes & Inspiration for You
Download your free collection of quotations and reflections to strengthen your personal devotions, journaling, and sermon writing as you prepare perpetually for the coming of Christ.
Experiencing Sermon Prep as Respite
How do you shift? How do you experience more joy? How do you discover sermon prep as respite rather than a chore?
"It is more blessed to give than to receive," right?
Between Jesus's "It is more blessed to give than to receive" remark and our American ethos, we swallowed the idea that being independent, self-sufficient, and the one to offer help is superior to being dependent and asking for help. But we’re missing something important.
Reflections on the Spirituality of Preaching
Your life is always preaching. What is it saying?
Preaching “God Loves You?” Don’t Miss The Essential Ingredient
What signs or symptoms or evidence can we offer that God’s love isn’t a made-up thing “to placate the masses”—or just make us all feel better?
What to Do If You Think Your Fellow Preachers Aren’t Doing Their Jobs
It came up again this week in light of the horrendous shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH. Some preachers are concerned their fellow preachers aren’t doing their jobs.
Two Essential Ingredients to Effective Preaching
Information will help us preach knowledgeably. But to preach authentically—to preach transformationally—we need more than information.
Easter Retreat for Preachers (Free Download)
After you’ve poured yourself out through Holy Week and Easter, here’s our guided retreat for you and the Risen One. You don’t even have to leave home to enjoy it. It’s structured for your choice of ninety minutes, three hours, or six. Enjoy every slow, quiet minute of it.
Preach Like an Amateur
To be an amateur means you do what you do for the love of it. Not because you have to. Not because you get paid for it. And not because you have a deadline to meet. You do it because you love it. The “greats” in any craft become great because they’re amateurs first. They pursue their craft with joy, zest, and fascination.
"Why Do You Want to Preach?"
If someone asked why we’re called to preach, we’d likely have a ready answer. We’re practiced in the art of the spiritual answer, abdicating the role of our “self” in arriving at ministry’s doorstep, preferring to lay responsibility at the feet of a divine, outside call. And that’s true. But perhaps not complete.