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The Sermon and the Short Story

Preachers are always searching for illustrations, and if you know where to look, short stories are an excellent resource.

Audio Audio | March 23, 2010

Feeding the God-Hungry Imagination

While defenders of Christianity attempt to barge through the front door of reason by arguing the case for Christ, the Holy Spirit has been slipping through the back door of the imagination without the church's permission or even notice.

Audio Audio | March 23, 2010

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 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 Audio | January 01, 2008

Baptism and the Transformation of Youths' Vocational Imaginations

This session explored, first, the relationship between Baptismal theology and vocation, and second, a variety of pedagogies designed to invite youth to imagine faithfully their unfolding futures with God.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008