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Audio | January 01, 2009 Multi-Media Preaching: Body, Voice, Sound, Screen A key part of preaching is having something to say. Another key part is saying it well. Audio | Video | January 01, 2009 Good Preaching Takes Good Elders When preachers and churches talk about improving the quality of preaching, many approaches are considered, but one is frequently missing: the participation of elders. This workshop explores both the why and how questions of involving elders in supporting and encouraging preachers in their congregations. Audio | January 01, 2009 Getting Past the Fish: The Book of Jonah for Christian Worship The book of Jonah is replete with themes near to the heart of Christian life, worship, and witness. Audio | January 01, 2009 Preaching As Celebration This workshop explored celebration as the distinct perspective and genius the African American Church has brought to the preaching task. Audio | January 01, 2009 Preaching to Expose the Principalities and Powers Church leaders and other saints in our congregations frequently find themselves struggling with money, technology, politics, the institutional church, etc. - what the Bible calls "principalities and powers." Audio | January 01, 2009 Too Deep for Words? Preaching in the Language of the Spirit This session explored the possibility of discerning the presence of the Holy Spirit in preaching and then discussed some manifestations of the Spirit in sermons, particularly focusing on the expressions of lament and celebration. Audio | January 01, 2009 Redeeming the Time: Homiletic Theology for a Pilgrim People This workshop focused on the formative power of the lectionary when it is read within the theological narrative of the Christian year: the story of salvation. Audio | January 01, 2008 Seeing What Is Really There: Preaching and the Imagination Frederick Buechner writes that people "as a rule see only what they expect to see and little more." The preacher's calling is see beyond what we expect to see and help congregations to do the same. This session discussed what the preacher can do to be faithful to this calling. Audio | January 01, 2008 Preaching Christ from the Gospels There are unique and wonderful challenges in following the apostle Paul's example of preaching Christ and Him crucified from the gospels. How do we faithfully communicate the message of Christ from the very words and life of Christ himself? It may seem obvious, but too often men and women are getting it wrong. Audio | January 01, 2008 Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching This workshop audio will help participants begin to explore the possibilities and homiletical impact of engaging in an ongoing, vigorous program of reading for preaching. Audio | January 01, 2008 Between Font and Table In this workshop participants explored the relationship of Word and Sacrament in weekly preaching. Undervalued biblical and theological foundations of the Lord's Supper and baptism can add to the depth of one's sermons. Additionally, a sacramental approach to preaching can influence one's use and understanding of language and illustration. Audio | January 01, 2008 Finding Stories for Sunday's Sermon Although sermon preparation involves lots of steps-everything from selecting a text to embodying the sermon on Sunday-the search for meaningful illustrative material during the week is often the most frustrating. Audio | January 01, 2008 Why Preach Sermons Based on a Catechism? It turns out that preaching sermons based on the Heidelberg Catechism--or other confessions--hits home with worshipers, including those from the postmodern generation. A feature story exploring the value of preaching sermons based on a Catechism. Feature Story | August 31, 2007 The Poetry of Astonishment: Preaching the Psalms This session took the Psalms as a case study for considering what it means for the preacher, first, and then the congregation, to be astonished by the biblical text. How might this ancient poetry be surprising, and therefore revelatory, to those who hear it in our contemporary contexts? What sort of preparation is necessary for the preacher who wishes to engage the Psalms as poetry? Audio | January 01, 2007 In Search of the 'NuHomiletic' What is the homiletical counterpart to the "Emergent" church movement/conversation? In an increasingly postmodern world, how does the church speak a Word from God? The panel explored some of the current experiments in postmodern proclamation as the church makes its way to finding a culturally authentic "NuHomiletic." Audio | January 01, 2007 What Is Excellence in Preaching? What should preachers keep in mind in composing sermons? This session will hold up the rubrics "Biblical, Authentic, Contextual, and Life-Changing" as goals for preachers and as helpful categories for congregations to use in discussing sermons. Audio | January 01, 2007 Providence, Preaching, and Pastoral Care In this session philosopher John Cooper presented key points in the theology and philosophy that undergirds our understanding of God's providential care in a world where terrible things happen all the time. Why do bad things happen to good people? Scott Hoezee connected these thoughts to the pastoral care that preachers can provide from the pulpit. This session aimed to be both rigorously thoughtful and pastorally practical for the life of the church. Audio | January 01, 2007 Preaching as Teaching and Proclamation As preachers we commonly assume that preaching and proclamation are synonyms. This workshop will introduce ways in which proclamation has distinct forms that are in contrast to those of teaching. By becoming familiar with them we can be more faithful to the gospel, more creative in our articulation of it, and more effective in making our sermons a joyous witness to the triune God. Audio | January 01, 2007 Preaching as a Pastoral Care While preaching is a craft and a skill to be carefully honed and developed, it is also a form of caring. Historically the preacher was called a "shepherd of souls," but cultural shifts have moved us away from this concept. This sectional examines the two-way street that exists in the integration of preaching and pastoral care. Good preaching provides pastoral care. Yet, at the same time good preaching is formed by pastoral care. Both sides of this balance will be examined. Audio | January 01, 2007 « Previous 6 7 8 9 Next »