preaching
Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say
By Adelle M. Banks — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — 'It's not about going from red to blue to purple,' Andrew Hanauer of One America Movement advises clergy. ‘It's about going above the partisan divisions.’
This just in: Catholic churches have the worst preaching and music in the US
By Thomas Reese — June 20, 2023
(RNS) — Are Catholic services simply too boring?
Progressive National Baptists to deploy $1 million grant to boost ‘compelling preaching’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — The Lilly Endowment grants to the 32 organizations total $31.7 million and were distributed in November.
The Gospels can be grim. They aren’t about ‘resilience.’
By Amy Laura Hall — January 6, 2023
(RNS) — Preachers, please don’t.
Lessons of pandemic can endure, says editor of National Cathedral sermon compilation
By Adelle M. Banks — March 15, 2022
(RNS) — Editor of book of sermons preached during the pandemic at Washington National Cathedral: ‘People have been so isolated, alone, afraid. They just need to connect.’
The preaching politician: ‘Good Trouble’ documentary follows John Lewis from fields of Alabama to halls of Congress
By Adelle M. Banks — July 2, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Faith is an integral part of Mr. Lewis’ life but also part of his activism,’ said director Dawn Porter.
How to really preach truth to power
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 20, 2020
It takes theological courage to live in this world. A beloved thinker teaches us how to do that.
Prophets are social critics not fortunetellers
By Thomas Reese — February 11, 2020
(RNS) — Attacking political and economic elites for not taking care of the poor, God's messengers challenge today's leaders and preachers who ignore their civic responsibilities.
Black women cracking ‘stained-glass ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 last words
By Adelle M. Banks — April 18, 2019
(RNS) — At least a dozen churches across the country are hosting Good Friday services this year that feature seven African American female preachers speaking about the last sayings of Jesus.
A preacher plumbs the art of the sermon by yielding the pulpit to passers-by
By Kayleigh Fongers — October 4, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — A Michigan pastor has created 'The Preachers,' a performance art piece in which passers-by are encouraged to step up to a makeshift pulpit and preach for up to five minutes.
New website hopes to make sermons a vital part of life
By Mark A. Kellner — September 24, 2018
(RNS) — The leader of VitalSermons.com is 'listening for those nuggets of truth that are universal in the human condition,' pastor says.
Minister ‘Still Wrestling’ with his faith after murder of his wife and son
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 30, 2018
JACKSON, Miss. (RNS) — Les Ferguson Jr., a Church of Christ minister, knew his wife and son's killer: He had attended Ferguson’s church until being charged three months earlier with sexually assaulting the 21-year-old son. Seven years later Ferguson has published a book about his path back to trusting God, and the pulpit.
Eugene Peterson on why he’s leaving public life and whether he fears death
By Jonathan Merritt — July 10, 2017
The 84-year-old best-selling author says he has penned his last book. Here's why he's hanging it up.
‘Shocking’ news on worship and the public
By Martin E. Marty — May 3, 2017
We don’t expect religion to make shocking news unless there are sex or financial scandals in the world of the church, synagogue, etc. Add to that theological controversies over the beginning of things (think of headlines about evolution) or the end of things (think apocalypse, be it nuclear or otherwise). Yet whoever consistently sights the religious scene knows that worship is a hotly contested phenomenon among those who “practice” religion, or who are “observant.”
The church’s surprising public contribution
By David P. Gushee — April 24, 2017
On moral formation, crisis care, and congregations that transcend American tribalism.
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