From TED Talk to TikTok: Preaching in the Age of Social Media
My Mission Field First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky is where I have been serving for the past nine years. FCC is located in a small Continue Reading
Tag: Preaching
Morally Imaginative Preaching: The Possibilities
The Small Membership Church A growing demographic across the landscape of the formerly mainline denominations is the small membership congregation. While small churches are not a new phenomenon, the frequency Continue Reading
Addressing Racism for Personal and Community Transformation
Pedagogy and Proclamation for a White Southern Church Addressing the Racists within for Personal and Community Transformation The Place Hobe Sound is quietly nestled between the cities of Stuart Continue Reading
Preaching to All Ages
The Problem I had recently begun my role as the lead pastor for the small contemporary service, “The Bridge,” at our large traditional church. One Sunday after worship, a young Continue Reading
Pastoral Prophetic Preaching: A Spiritual and Cultural Hermeneutic for Prophetic Speech
Sunday, September 20, 2015, I preached as the pastoral candidate of the Historic Shiloh Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia. The sermon was entitled “It Doesn’t Make Sense,” taken from Job Continue Reading
Preaching for Vision Casting
Project Introduction In the summer of 2017, I began my ministry as the Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton. One of my initial tasks was to sit down Continue Reading
Toward Communal Healing: Initiating a Collective Vision to Combat Congregational Crises
The Church In Crisis I was excited! After having endured the gauntlet of a process that only a Baptist church pulpit committee can concoct, I emerged from approximately 60 other Continue Reading
Hope for Psychology-integrated Preaching: The Hope-based Dynamic Spiritual Care Assessment Model
Arguably, preaching is the most popular medium for pastoral care in churches.[1] Accompanying this central role of care is a deep commitment to its effectiveness, particularly in relating the hope Continue Reading
A Living Hope: Preaching Eschatology
The Problem: A Lack of Eschatological Vision Nearly fifty years ago, in 1971, John Lennon issued his now famous sociological and theological dare to “imagine there’s no heaven.”1 During the Continue Reading
A Black Narrative Pulpit
A BLACK NARRATIVE PULPIT The Narrative Lectionary as a tool for Christian Transformation I love the Black Church and I cherish being part of a uniquely American tradition layered with Continue Reading