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November 2025

November 18, 2025

10 Principios para la Predicación Ecológica

10 principios para la predicación ecológico: cómo elaborar sermones medioambiental

October 2025

October 21, 2025

Preaching Alongside COP30 – Frameworks for Climate Justice

As world leaders & climate activists meet for the U.N.’s COP30 climate conference, preachers can...

October 02, 2025

How to Handle Sermon Pushback on Social Justice Issues

Here are tips and suggestions for responding to sermon pushback when addressing social issues in...

April 2025

April 02, 2025

8 Lessons for Preachers from Cory Booker, Historic Speech

Preachers can learn important lessons from Senator Cory Booker and his speech that made history...

January 2025

January 25, 2025

11 Lessons for Preachers from Bishop Budde’s Sermon

Bishop Budde’s sermon for the Inauguration Prayer Service models effective prophetic preaching. Let’s break it...

October 2024

October 16, 2024

Election Season Sermon Ideas for Mark 10:46-52, Oct. 27

Here are election season sermon ideas using Gentle, Invitational, and Robust approaches for Mark 10:46-52,...

September 2024

September 03, 2024

Preaching the 2024 Election Season: Sermon Ideas, Oct. 6, 13

Preachers can offer biblical, theological, and ethical guidance during the 2024 election season. Here are...

July 2024

July 09, 2024

3 New Testament Messages for Resisting Autocracy

Did you know that churches assisted in efforts to overthrow autocracy in colonial America? It's...

March 2024

March 07, 2024

A Seed of Grief and Hope: Preaching Ideas for John 12:20-33

Jesus’s teaching in John 12:20-33 about a seed dying in order to bear fruit can...

January 2024

January 20, 2024

Is Your Pastor Preaching Christian Nationalism? 8 Red Flags

Here are 8 signs and red flags that a pastor might be preaching Christian nationalism...

January 10, 2024

Preaching Builds Bridges: Academy of Homiletics 2024

Preaching Builds Bridges is the theme I’ve chosen as president of the Academy of Homiletics...

June 2023

June 29, 2023

The Big Red, White, and Blue in the Room: A Sermon about Deliberating the Flag in Church

What if the U.S. flag showed up at a church Bible study ? “The Big...

June 28, 2023

This Flag Has Legs: A Sermon Inviting Dialogue about Flag Placement in Church

The sermon "This Flag Has Legs" invites dialogue for listening to conflicting ideas and meanings...

June 20, 2023

Tips and Advice for Guest Preachers and Supply Preachers

Guest preachers and supply preachers face unique challenges and responsibilities. Here are some tips and...

March 2023

March 27, 2023

Palm Sunday and Countering the Violence of Christian Nationalism

A Palm Sunday sermon countering the violence of Christian Nationalism calls for trust in God...

February 2023

February 19, 2023

10 Principles for Environmental Preaching and Eco-Sermons

If you want to craft eco-sermons to be part of protecting and healing God's Creation,...

February 08, 2023

Ash Wednesday and Lent: Fasting for Earth as Resistance to Oppression

Fasting for Earth is a form of resistance to oppression that we can practice as...

February 01, 2023

Did AI (Artificial Intelligence) Write Your Pastor’s Sermon?

AI (Artificial Intelligence) can generate a sermon that mimics the writing of a human preacher....

November 2022

November 21, 2022

How to Preach a Sermon about Climate Change and Your Congregation

Here is a basic form to preach a sermon about climate change that connects with...

November 06, 2022

8 Ways to Prepare Your Congregation for Sermons about Social Issues

Sermons about social issues can be risky. Here are 8 ways to prepare your congregation...

July 2022

July 30, 2022

White Fragility in the ELCA: 5 Things We Can Do About It

A 2021 clergy survey indicates that White Fragility in the ELCA is muzzling Lutheran preachers....

April 2022

April 06, 2022

Maundy Thursday and Passover: A Holy Eco-Connection

Here are ideas for reading and preaching Exodus 12:1-14 connecting Maundy Thursday and Passover from...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

God’s Creation PREACHES! Psalm 19 Links Nature and Torah

God’s Creation preaches? How can this be? We have to tune our eyes, ears, hearts,...

December 2021

December 12, 2021

Peace On Earth and WITH Earth: Christmas, Psalm 96 and 97

Psalm 96 and 97 depict Earth has having agency, voice, and . . . dance? Yes!...

November 2021

November 10, 2021

When Our Temples Fall: Mark 13:1-8 Through a Dialogical Lens

In Mark 13:1-8, Jesus engages us in the shadow of our temples. Can the church...

October 2021

October 23, 2021

Clergy Report Preaching More about Climate Change: National Survey

Half of mainline Protestant clergy indicated they had addressed climate change and other environmental issues...

September 2021

September 02, 2021

Jesus Sighed: Being Open in Mark 7:24-37

Jesus sighed. You might have missed it. But stay with that sigh. There's a lot going on...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

Announcing — Survey on Ministry, Preaching, and Social Issues

U.S. Christian clergy, seminarians, lay preachers, retired clergy are invited to fill out this research...

November 2020

November 05, 2020

Post-Election Messaging & Preaching: Red, Blue & Purple Church Tactics

Here are some ideas for messaging and preaching in the post-election season -- whether your...

October 2020

October 10, 2020

The Gospel People Don’t Want to Hear: Book Review

I'm always on the look-out for resources to equip preachers in this perilous time. Lisa...