I'm Not the Right Preacher for this Job
This is not where I expected to meet you.
I never set out to run an online preaching formation center for Mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy.
I was given this nice little idea to help a few preachers at a time. Work with them one-to-one for a year. Help them get better at preaching but tuck it into a process more like spiritual direction.
But now, here I am. A tucked-away-in-a-corner preacher no one knows is now sending you emails, blogging, getting on Facebook, publishing a book, and inviting you to be part of a preaching approach that's way bigger than you or me.
An Invitation to Preachers this Christmas: Give yourself the gift of time to prepare your sermon
It's a busy time of year, isn't?
I know what it's like to have to wedge sermon prep time into wherever I can get a spare minute. But this year, I have a radical idea: getting ready to preach goes first on my calendar.
As a gift not only to me but to my listeners.
5 Questions to Guide Your Christmas Sermon Prep: How to make the classic story new again
Preaching an original Christmas sermon is challenging.
The Christmas story has been preached so many times, we're tempted to believe there's nothing new to say. The Scripture, the music, the movies, and the sermons we've heard or preached year after year seem to sum up the season quite nicely.
Or do they?
Our Christian story has unfathomable depth.
AS WITH ANY GOOD STORY, EVERY RE-READING AND EVERY RE-TELLING OF SCRIPTURE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER SOMETHING NEW.
How to Respond When Your Sermon Prep Time Gets Moved...Again
Some of us have manageable and set routines for the week which includes sermon prep.
Most of us don’t.
How to Be a Better Preacher When Your Background Doesn't Include Writing or Public Speaking
Did you have a career before you went to seminary? What was it?
Mine was nursing. Surgical Intensive Care. I worked in a clinical setting for four years before heading off for my M.Div.
My nursing training and career helped with many aspects of parish ministry.
Preaching wasn’t one of them.