Improvisational Preaching
2020 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
February 28, 2020
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48 min listen
91 Symposium Speaks Hope and Grace
The theme of “Living in Hope and Grace,” based on 1 Peter, threaded through much of the three-day Calvin Symposium on 91 that drew some 1,500 participants Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 from across North America and beyond.
February 25, 2020
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7 min read
Eschatological Preaching: Imitating the Tension, Movement and Hope of the Gospel
2020 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
February 10, 2020
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61 min listen
The Bowed Head: How Preachers Deal with Grief
2020 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
February 10, 2020
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58 min listen
1 Peter's Prickly Passages
2020 Calvin Symposium on 91 | Workshop
February 10, 2020
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56 min listen
Preachers Need Friends, Too
The peer cohort is a place for preachers to strengthen their skills in real time while building intentional friendships.
February 4, 2020
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6 min read
Preachers Need Friends, Too
The peer cohort is a place for preachers to strengthen their skills in real time while building intentional friendships.
February 4, 2020
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6 min read
Final Exams Every Week: Life with a Peer Learning Group
Peer learning groups promote faithful endurance and mutual encouragement in the face of what makes the preaching life challenging.
January 6, 2020
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5 min read
Final Exams Every Week: Life with a Peer Learning Group
Peer learning groups promote faithful endurance and mutual encouragement in the face of what makes the preaching life challenging.
January 6, 2020
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5 min read
Pedagogical Insights on Teaching African American Preaching
This essay reflects on Frank Thomas' unique journey through the pastorate to become a teacher of preaching, and on the pedagogy he developed along the way.
December 11, 2019
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16 min read
Trauma-Informed 91: Address Trauma to Begin Healing
Most pastors realize that people come to church with deep fears, sorrows, and concerns that often remain unexpressed in worship. But because Mount Aery Baptist Church has worked to become a trauma-informed congregation, its worship services are becoming a communal place of healing.
November 12, 2019
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8 min read
Mandy Smith on The Vulnerable Pastor
Christian leaders, especially pastors, sometimes feel bad about the gap between their ideal of Christlike ministry and the reality. Pastor Mandy Smith explains that honestly accepting vulnerabilities and human limitations makes room for God’s strength to be revealed in people and congregations.
November 5, 2019
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4 min read
