A 3-Step Review to Preach More Compellingly and Joyfully This Year (& All Year)!
Complete this 3-step review to preach more compellingly and joyfully this year (& all year)!
Preachers’ Annual Gift LIst, 2024
Each year I channel my inner Santa Claus to pull together a list of ten fun gifts for preachers. If church members or your family don’t yet know what to get for you, point them to this list!
Backstory Preaching receives no compensation if items are purchased. I suggest them only because they look jolly!
Ho, ho, ho!
More Than "Meek & Mild": Preaching the real Mary
When Mary gazes gently at us from statues, paintings, and icons, what do we see? How do we understand her? Perhaps there's more to Mary than her "meek and mild" representations suggest.
Advent-Christmas Sermons: 5 Steps to Preach the Sermons Your Listeners Need
Whether you’re preaching once or at every service the rest of December, exegeting your congregation and determining the preaching “voice” that will best serve them can make your sermon prep more efficient and relevant. Consider this 5-step process to craft Advent-Christmas sermons that bring good news to your listeners’ contexts.
Cultivating Patience (A Free, At-Home Retreat)
However much we wish the the thorn in our sides would just go away, wishing will not bring the desired effect. Moreover, acting out our impatience is only adding thorns to others' sides, increasing their suffering. We could all use more patience—right now. From whence is it to come?
This free, at-home retreat is intended to help
When a Good Sermon Isn't Enough: Overcoming 3 Obstacles to Experiencing the Gospel
As preachers, we all strive for:
- a compelling introduction
- a clear message
- great stories that help our listeners connect abstract concepts to lived experience
- and a message that leaves the building with them
Why?
Because these elements help move the listener toward an encounter with the Living Word.
But sometimes, good sermon practices aren't enough.
As preachers, we may also need to remove obstacles that cast a shadow on people's experience of grace, truth, and love.