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Alcántara, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, and Lis Valle explore how their shared Latinx identity shapes the way they preach. They define the sermon performed latinamente as an improvisational, interactive, and transformative event embodied in community. Academic Article | February 08, 2021 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Thoughts on Preaching and the Teaching of Preaching Looking at today’s North American cultural climate, Alyce McKenzie reflects on what it’s time to let go of in preaching and in the teaching of preaching—and what it’s time to grab hold of. Academic Article | November 09, 2020 Fleming Rutledge on Preaching the Cross of Christ In this episode, Fleming Rutledge talks about her 2015 book "The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ," a life-long work which encourages preachers to proclaim the full gospel message: God is at work, helping us listen for Christ's living voice, enabling us to believe and hope in the midst of pain and suffering. Podcast | November 04, 2020 Brian K. Blount on Preaching Resurrection from an Apocalyptic Perspective In this episode, President of Union Presbyterian Seminary and New Testament scholar Brian K. Blount talks about cultivating an apocalyptic perspective and what it means to preach the resurrection all year long. Podcast | November 02, 2020 The Absent Congregation: Reflections on Preaching in a COVID World 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship | On-Demand Panel Discussion Video Video | October 29, 2020 Preaching and Singing the Resurrection 2021 Online Calvin Symposium on Worship | On-Demand Panel Discussion Video Video | October 29, 2020 Preparing Our Preaching Pedagogies for the Year 2030 In this paper, Jared Alcántara proposes a twenty-first century preaching pedagogy that he describes as “a turn toward improvisational teaching that is technologically innovative, intentionally collaborative, and strategically diverse.” Academic Article | July 06, 2020 Deep Calls to Deep: Nurturing Preachers for the Work of Proclamation Deep Calls to Deep is a program to strengthen preaching by using communities of peer groups to nurture pastors’ own spiritual, emotional, physical, and imaginative lives. In this paper, Ruthanna Hooke discusses the structure and themes of Deep Calls to Deep, a peer group learning program rooted in the conviction that preaching is soul-work. Academic Article | June 17, 2020 Dennis R. Edwards on 1 Peter and Good Shepherd Sunday For lectionary Year A, Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, includes a reading from 1 Peter. New Testament scholar Dennis R. Edwards explains why Peter’s first letter is especially relevant as people deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversation | April 14, 2020 Preaching in the Power of the Spirit (with a Global-South Twist): Insights into the Spirit's Empowering of Hearers and Preachers of the Word 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar Video | March 02, 2020 Improvisational Preaching 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | February 28, 2020 Worship Symposium Speaks Hope and Grace The theme of “Living in Hope and Grace,” based on 1 Peter, threaded through much of the three-day Calvin Symposium on Worship that drew some 1,500 participants Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 from across North America and beyond. News Item | February 25, 2020 1 Peter's Prickly Passages 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | February 10, 2020 The Bowed Head: How Preachers Deal with Grief 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | February 10, 2020 Eschatological Preaching: Imitating the Tension, Movement and Hope of the Gospel 2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop Audio | February 10, 2020 Preachers Need Friends, Too The peer cohort is a place for preachers to strengthen their skills in real time while building intentional friendships. Reflection | February 04, 2020 Final Exams Every Week: Life with a Peer Learning Group Peer learning groups promote faithful endurance and mutual encouragement in the face of what makes the preaching life challenging. Reflection | January 06, 2020 Pedagogical Insights on Teaching African American Preaching This essay reflects on Frank Thomas' unique journey through the pastorate to become a teacher of preaching, and on the pedagogy he developed along the way. Academic Article | December 11, 2019 Trauma-Informed Worship: Address Trauma to Begin Healing Most pastors realize that people come to church with deep fears, sorrows, and concerns that often remain unexpressed in worship. But because Mount Aery Baptist Church has worked to become a trauma-informed congregation, its worship services are becoming a communal place of healing. Feature Story | November 12, 2019 Mandy Smith on The Vulnerable Pastor Christian leaders, especially pastors, sometimes feel bad about the gap between their ideal of Christlike ministry and the reality. Pastor Mandy Smith explains that honestly accepting vulnerabilities and human limitations makes room for God’s strength to be revealed in people and congregations. 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