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The Ten Biggest Mistakes Preachers Make in Stewardship Sermons

The Ten Biggest Mistakes Preachers Make in Stewardship Sermons

Our sermons about stewardship can feel heavy with the burden of making ends meet. 

Given these stakes, it’s tempting to preach from scarcity rather than abundance, to exert pressure rather than issue an invitation, to emphasize monetary bottom lines rather than spiritual transformation. 

There's another way to preach, however. Learn to recognize these ten mistakes preachers make in their stewardship sermons so you can craft sermons that invite your congregation to participate in God's abundance instead.

Four Tips to Preach Through Change, Loss, & Grief During Lent

Four Tips to Preach Through Change, Loss, & Grief During Lent

Change—and its attendant grief and loss—can feel like darkness, gloom, and storm clouds are gathering on the horizon, which makes Ash Wednesday the perfect time to explore those feelings in our sermons. Here are four tips to preach through change, grief, and loss during lent.

Connect With God During Lent: 3 Steps for Contemplative Sermon Prep

Connect With God During Lent: 3 Steps for Contemplative Sermon Prep

This is the most intensive season of the year for priests and pastors. With Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, multiple services for Easter, plus extra Lenten parish educational activities, there’s a lot to prepare for. Before you feel overwhelmed, though, let’s do a quick review to remind ourselves what will help your sermon prep—and all your preparations—to be holy, from your heart, and as efficient as possible.

A Creation Care Preaching Guide to Lent (A Guest Post)

A Creation Care Preaching Guide to Lent (A Guest Post)

Earth-keeping is found in every corner of the Bible. Each Sunday the scripture readings feed our abilities to envision living harmoniously with the rest of creation in all its forms. The RCL passages during Lent, for example, give us images that are windows into healthy and whole living.