
How to listen to a sermon
Bishop George Sumner of the Diocese of Dallas gives ten tips on how to listen to a sermon.
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Bishop George Sumner of the Diocese of Dallas gives ten tips on how to listen to a sermon.
Betsy, Greg, Lizabanks, and Ricardo explore the world of stand up comedy and discuss the similarities to preaching. When do we challenge and when do we hold back?
44% of believers said “biblical exposition” was the most important thing in a sermon, compared to 2% who said a “sense of humour” was important.
In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives that give meaning to our lives. In this piece Maria Evans reflects on the power of storytelling as the primary means of making Christ known in the world.
The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Kaeton at her blog Telling Secrets, challenges herself to preach without a text or notes in Preaching from the Heart: I’ve tried
by Deirdre Good Text: Beginning to Pray an experience with a Russian woman whom he visited in a nursing home before she died at the
by Sara Miles Galatians 5:1,13-25 Luke 9:51–62 Most days, as I sing my way through the Psalms for morning prayer, the words enter me in
All clergy use material from one another and read others’ thoughts and sermons on the Sunday lectionary but how much is too much to use?
The high holy day of Hallmark™ is nearly upon us. Amy Young, writing at the
by Emily A. Mellott Look at that – the reading you picked begins, “finally, beloved.” I don’t know if you did that on purpose –
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