All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Article Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Worshipers Worship- Meaning of Dance Intergenerational Worship Music Technology Worship- Preparing for Visual Arts Language Arts/Words Worship- Leading Preaching Worship- Planning Teaching Daily Prayer/Reflection Grants Interdisciplinary Drama Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Christian Year Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 20 of 133 Sort by: Title | Date The Costly Loss of the OT Prophets 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 10, 2019 Truth that Awakens Holy Desire 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | May 08, 2019 Frank Thomas on the Power of African-American Preaching “How is it that you can take a group of people who are in despair and when you get finished preaching the gospel, they have hope?” This question sent Frank Thomas down a path that led him nearly forty years later to create the first PhD program in African-American preaching. Conversation | April 10, 2019 Preaching While White: Practices of Humility and Courage in the Face of Injustice 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | April 10, 2019 With Healing in His Wings: Preaching Luke’s Gospel of Justice and Wholeness 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | April 05, 2019 The Savior of Justice for the Needy 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word Worship Service | Video | February 27, 2019 The Love of God for All People and Creatures 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word Worship Service | Video | February 21, 2019 From the House of Bread the One Who Feeds the Flock 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Service of the Word & Table Worship Service | Video | February 13, 2019 Five Things I Love about My Preaching Peer Group A young pastor calls his preaching peer group “a funeral and a pep rally in the same ninety minutes.” Find out why. Reflection | February 06, 2019 Amanda Benckhuysen on Preaching from the Minor Prophets Most congregations have never heard a sermon preached from the prophetic books of Nahum or Obadiah. Other than a few choice passages in Jeremiah or Isaiah, the major prophets are mainly ignored too. That means worshipers are missing out on more than a quarter of inspired Scripture. Conversation | December 12, 2018 John McClure on How Liturgical Practices Can Shape Conversations in a Pluralistic World Christian liturgical practices—confession, intercession, and preaching—contain wisdom that can bring compassion and consensus to public conversations around contentious moral issues. Conversation | December 04, 2018 Duane Kelderman on the Challenge of Preaching in a Fragile Europe A Dominican preaching colloquium addresses the challenge of preaching in contemporary Europe, where secularism, individualism, and a lack of cultural consensus have given rise to fear, division, and xenophobia. Conversation | November 16, 2018 The Role of a Peer Learning Group in My Preaching Journey God’s message of inclusiveness reaches past the walls that divide us, says Deborah Jungmi Kang, a Korean pastor serving a largely Anglo-American church in Illinois. As Kang develops her preaching voice, a peer learning group provides support. Reflection | October 02, 2018 What I Learned through Preaching Partnerships Fred Provencher has participated in two preaching peer groups in his twenty-plus years of ministry. Read his reflections along with his advice for younger preachers. Reflection | October 02, 2018 Ernest Brooks on Inspiring Young People to Become Preachers The Academy of Preachers identifies promising young preachers from all Christian backgrounds and brings them together to explore and develop their preaching gifts. Conversation | September 19, 2018 Yes, And . . . Experiencing pastoral burnout, Denise Luper began a yearlong leave of absence soon after joining a peer preaching and learning group. The peer group became an important part of her healing process. Reflection | September 17, 2018 A Community That Affirms A peer preaching group changed the course of a student’s seminary journey—and her ministry path. Reflection | September 14, 2018 Three Reasons to Join a Preaching Peer Group Sermon preparation is a recurring task that can be lonely and draining. A Texas pastor describes how a peer learning group revitalized her preaching. Reflection | September 12, 2018 Improving Preaching through Mutual Reflection Newly trained as a homiletic peer coach, a veteran pastor builds on the experiences that had the greatest impact on his formation as a preacher: mutual reflection with colleagues. Reflection | September 05, 2018 Considering a Preaching Peer Group? Five Things to Think About A seasoned pastor found a preaching peer group to be a source of refreshment, challenge, and growth. Here are his top five reasons. Reflection | September 05, 2018 1 2 3 ... Next »
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