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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 Audio | January 01, 2007

What? I Have to Preach the Christmas Story Again?: Fresh approaches to planning

How to plan for the Christmas service.

Article Article | March 01, 2006

Testimony as Practice: Implications for Preaching, Worship, and a Christian Way of Life

The way we talk in worship affects the way we talk in the rest of our lives, and vice versa. Worship and daily life are integrally connected—a connection which is fundamental for developing healthy approaches to both worship and preaching.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2006

Who You Are Is How You Are Heard: Personality and Personal Ethics in Preaching

The small choices preachers make provide hearers not only with a better understanding of the text, but also with a keen understanding of the preacher.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2006

Moving Toward Preaching Extemporaneously

Preaching extemporaneously, without a manuscript, can enliven delivery and improve communication. This session will explain and demonstrate how to carefully make the transition from text to outline, and then from outline to embodied delivery.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2006

Preaching in a Postmodern Culture

Christ is the same "yesterday, today, and tomorrow."

Audio Audio | January 01, 2006

Writing Sermons in an Oral Style

The rhetorician James Winans once wrote, "A speech is not merely an essay standing on its hind legs." Yet many speakers—including preachers—write their messages in a style better suited for reading rather than hearing. To be an effective oral communicator, one must learn to write for the ear, not the eye.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2006

Great Preaching: What blacks and whites can learn from each other

Cleophus LaRue believes that black preachers and white preachers could make sermons more powerful by applying the best insights of the other's traditions.

Feature Story Feature Story | June 25, 2004

Preparing to Hear the Word This Week at Worship

A short prayer and reflection for preparing to hear the word in weekly worship.

Article Article | June 01, 2004