Lischer: Will, the number of American deaths from COVID-19 has surpassed the number of Americans killed in World War II, the country is still living with the violent fallout of Trump, and, by the way, ...

Entering into a conversation with the Triune God during your sermon prep process. Matt Woodley: This is Matt Woodley, editor of PreachingToday.com on Monday Morning Preacher. Today’s guest host is ...

Pope Francis during his general audience at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday said all evangelizing activity depends on the Holy Spirit and not on “pastoral initiatives promoted by us.” Continuing his ...

VATICAN CITY — On the feast of Pentecost, Pope Francis focused his homily and Angelus address on the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding and giving life to the Church. The first Pentecost “does not ...

If my calculations are correct, I have listened to somewhere between 70 and 80 High Holy Days sermons. The total sounds high, but when you consider that typically four different High Holy Days sermons ...

We wondered what kind of reading ministers rely on for inspiration or help in preaching—apart from reading commentaries on scripture or other materials directly related to the task. Do they draw on ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Vatican reforms, Francis told clergy on Holy Thursday to imitate Jesus and not be ‘scandalized’ by ‘moralistic, legalistic and clerical squabbles.’ ...

Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9; Eph 1:17-23; Lk 24:46-53 It has been almost 20 years since the small midtown parish I now belong to was told to close its doors for lack of members, money and ...

Jennifer Stempel, a Los Angeles-based writer, changed her approach to life after hearing a High Holy Days sermon at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills. Stempel was shul-hopping when the wife of a Temple ...

After our celebration of Christmas, the liturgy fast forwards us immediately to Holy Family Sunday with the last story in Luke’s infancy narrative about the boy Jesus in the temple with the scholars.

Preaching is more than lecturing. It is more than exhortation. It brings Christ home to the hearts of men and confronts them with his living grace and power. It is not only that Christ is discussed—it ...