A few years ago I started to get a lot of affirmation for my preaching. People were listening, worship attendance was growing, and I was overhearing parishioners describe me as a good preacher. Soon ...

We wondered what kind of reading ministers rely on for inspiration or help in preaching—apart from reading commentaries on scripture or other materials directly related to the task. Do they draw on ...

I had been preaching for more than two decades, and I should have been at the top of my game. The church I served ran up to 1,500 on Sunday mornings, and the live telecast of our services covered a ...

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(RNS) — In ‘A Will to Preach,’ one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, according to a Baylor University survey, shows how a master craftsman approaches the task. (RNS) — ...

It was in 1910, when I was transferred from Crossen on the Oder to Danzig, that I really found out what preaching meant. I had gone to Danzig very reluctantly. The Reformed congregation to which I was ...

It’s been more than a year since I’ve seen my congregants in person. More than a year since we held our last in-person church service, since I’ve visited a congregant in the hospital, held a dying ...

That's a question that's been on my mind since the pastors at my church attended a convention, and I agreed to preach in their absence. The gospel was from Luke 24. Luke writes that Jesus showed his ...

As a new teacher, I often did more preaching than teaching. Sometimes my preaching came in the form of “you can do it” speeches. Other times I lectured students about the work habits of successful ...

Dear Amy: I am a 60-year-old conservative Catholic male. I believe that gender is determined by physiology, not psychology. I don’t believe transitioning to another gender is the answer to gender ...