Presbyterian Mission Agency 2020 Festival of Homiletics Archives

‘We’re the worst babysitters on the planet’

Posted September 24th, 2020

Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben is passionate about pursuing energy that comes from above — sun and wind, rather than from below — coal, oil and gas, fossil fuels that he says are literally “decreating” planet Earth.

What we see now is not what we get later

Posted June 3rd, 2020

Even though they were recorded weeks ago, the preaching that was part of last month’s Festival of Homiletics touched on topics at the heart of recent days of protests, injustice and anguish.

Five keys to reducing the stress around sermon preparation

Posted May 29th, 2020

In what can be the steep learning curve of creating meaningful online worship services, what pastor or worship leader would look askance at tips on making sermon preparation and preaching less stressful?

‘Let’s take the opportunity to swing wide the gates’

Posted May 28th, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Neichelle Guidry’s alma mater is Clark Atlanta University, where the motto — attributed to the ancient general Hannibal, who was once asked about the wisdom of crossing a mountain pass on elephants — is, “I shall find a way or make one.”

Rejecting the quackery of politicians and preachers

Posted May 26th, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exploited wounds we never healed.

‘Every passage of Scripture sounds different now’

Posted May 21st, 2020

When a pandemic hits a preacher, “every passage of Scripture sounds different now,” the Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence said. “It’s like you never read them before.”

A new tool for evangelism

Posted May 20th, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Leah Schade has noticed an unexpected phenomenon emerging from the coronavirus pandemic: The pastors she mentors and the students she teaches at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky are feeling something akin to relief.

‘We’re the worst babysitters on the planet’

Posted May 19th, 2020

Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben is passionate about pursuing energy that comes from above — sun and wind, rather than from below — coal, oil and gas, fossil fuels that he says are literally “decreating” planet Earth.