festival of homiletics Archives

A new tool for evangelism

Posted September 25th, 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.

The only thing that counts is when our faith expresses itself through love

Posted September 24th, 2020

Beginning in Genesis, the Bible assigns humankind responsibility to care for every living thing — not just plants and animals, but one another.

Family, often the best teacher, can drive home environmental truths

Posted May 27th, 2020

Author, entrepreneur, election reform advocate and candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams can now add another title to her impressive résumé: Festival of Homiletics lecturer.

Festival of Homiletics preacher: ‘I wasn’t sure what God wanted from me this time’

Posted May 22nd, 2020

Saying he’d been dreading preaching as part of the Festival of Homiletics, the Rev. Lenny Duncan nonetheless did just that with precision and panache during a sermon broadcast Thursday — even though “I wasn’t sure what God wanted from me this time,” as he put it.

‘The only thing that counts is when our faith expresses itself through love’

Posted May 19th, 2020

Beginning in Genesis, the Bible assigns humankind responsibility to care for every living thing — not just plants and animals, but one another.