Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...
On the Monday after preaching, as I think about what all of those words are doing now that they’re out in the world, my mind wanders to a scene from Marilynne Robinson’s novel Lila. The title ...
When her husband Michael died suddenly of a heart attack in 2000, Shirley Wuchter wanted to do something to honor him. What better way, she thought, than to release a collection of his sermons. Before ...
Why moral inspiration and doctrinal instruction fall short—and how preaching that transforms the heart achieves what both approaches seek. What do we mean when we talk about “good preaching”? Two ...
In January 1922, Pope Benedict XV died suddenly, from pneumonia, and a librarian became Pope. Pius XI was a real, up-close scholar, an expert on ancient manuscripts and fourth century Milanese liturgy ...
POPE FRANCIS wished a crowd in St Peter’s Square “Happy Easter” on Sunday, in what was to be his last public appearance before his death on Monday morning. The Pope spoke briefly from a balcony of St ...
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