Sarah Henrich Figure 2 – back to article Mosaic from Capella Palatina (Palermo) St. Paul preaching. www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/visits/sicily/palatina Figure 3 – back to article Statue of Saint Paul in Saint Paul Cathedral garden, London. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:London_Statue Figure 4 – back to article St. Paul in front of St. Peter’s, Rome. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Saint_Paul Figure 5 – back to article … Continue reading “Artists and Preachers”
Preaching after Natural Disaster
David Lose Dear Working Preacher, [Editor’s Note: This article accompanies our special edition podcast Sermon Brainwave #99.] No doubt you’ve been overwhelmed by the news and images of the disaster in Haiti, as I have. The earthquake is being called the worst natural disaster there in two centuries. Thousands are dead, thousands more trapped, and … Continue reading “Preaching after Natural Disaster”
Preaching from a Manuscript is Not Heresy
Tom Teichmann I have a recurring nightmare in which I am in a courtroom on trial. The prosecution and defense lawyers have presented their closing statements eloquently and passionately. And then the judge pronounces judgment. “Guilty! Guilty of preaching straight from a manuscript!” The crowd cheers and the guards drag me out to my punishment–non-stop … Continue reading “Preaching from a Manuscript is Not Heresy”
Preparing to Preach by Memorizing the Scripture
Jennie English It happens more often than I’d like to admit. While proclaiming the Gospel lesson to the congregation on Sunday morning, I realize I’m reading words that I would have sworn were not in the text earlier in the week. Sometimes I wish I’d noticed these words earlier, thinking what stellar sermon material they … Continue reading “Preparing to Preach by Memorizing the Scripture”
Advent Gospel Readings 2010
Paul S. Berge The Advent texts from the gospel of Matthew in Year A span from chapter one to chapter twenty four. This is a wide sweep in the gospel that takes us from: the dilemma of Joseph who hears that Mary is with child and would dismiss her without the intervention of an angel … Continue reading “Advent Gospel Readings 2010”
Praying the Text
Tom Rogers Let’s face it. Preachers can sometimes experience a good deal of pressure to get that next sermon ready. Why We Sometimes Fail to Pray the Text It is easy to hurriedly approach a sermon text asking, “Okay. What’s there to preach here?” We sometimes start by thinking about what can say in the … Continue reading “Praying the Text”
Advent Gospel Readings 2010
Paul S. Berge The Advent texts from the gospel of Matthew in Year A span from chapter one to chapter twenty four. This is a wide sweep in the gospel that takes us from: the dilemma of Joseph who hears that Mary is with child and would dismiss her without the intervention of an angel … Continue reading “Advent Gospel Readings 2010”
Praying the Text
Tom Rogers Let’s face it. Preachers can sometimes experience a good deal of pressure to get that next sermon ready. Why We Sometimes Fail to Pray the Text It is easy to hurriedly approach a sermon text asking, “Okay. What’s there to preach here?” We sometimes start by thinking about what can say in the … Continue reading “Praying the Text”
Jesus Christ in the Sermon–Presence or Absence?
Susan Hedahl Sally A. Brown’s work, Cross Talk: Preaching Redemption Here and Now, makes this stunning assertion: “The subject of this book is one that theologians are discussing more and more, while preachers seem to speak of it less and less; the death of Jesus (1).” I could not agree more. In fact, I wonder: … Continue reading “Jesus Christ in the Sermon–Presence or Absence?”
The Transfiguration of Peter
David Lose Dear Working Preacher, Do you remember when you first felt called by God? That moment when you had an irresistible tug toward ministry? Over the years I’ve heard many preachers talk about it. For some a sense of call came early, for others it emerged over years of discernment. Some preachers responded eagerly, … Continue reading “The Transfiguration of Peter”