1. Consider your own motivation for preaching about racism, moving beyond guilt. Root your preaching in gratitude for the grace of God and the gifts of relationships. 2. Remember that your listeners ...

Preaching is generally associated with pulpits. A formal stand for your notes, and a platform from which you generally have a bit of a view, not to mention an advantage, over your audience. My family ...

As the church commemorates the first wave of persecution and martyrdom of Christians under Nero in Rome, the Scriptures remind us that God has always been with believers in crisis. Even when God seems ...

After two millennia, the church continues to peer back into the first centuries of the emerging Christian faith community to find its foundation. The church then, suffering persecution from without ...

WITHOUT A DOUBT, it’s clear to all of us that for at least the last two or three years, the world of the church changed radically when COVID hit us all. As church goers and leadership learned of new ...

Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., gives the homily as bishops from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming concelebrate Mass in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica while making their ...

Preaching the Word of God is a true calling and should be undertaken with total effort and the utmost seriousness.Some people preach for selfish reasons or personal gain. But Gospel preaching is only ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Susan Sparks, a minister and a professional comedian, uses humor in her sermons to help her American Baptist congregation in New York City consider ways to approach those with whom ...