Preaching can be a risky business. There are ample opportunities for those of us who preach to make a huge mess. Preaching is the art of talking to and about God in public. Imperfect people talking to ...

“What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see” (Mark 10:51). Sir 42:15-25; Mark 10:46-52 The story of Bartimaeus is the story of how we all come to faith.

Every week, preachers stand before men and women who approach life through the lens of their occupations—either they are searching for employment, actively engaged in their work, or are retired from a ...

The two miracles in this Gospel passage are so tightly woven together, we might think of them as a single miracle that leaps from the woman to the little girl through Jesus. Mark’s Gospel, thought to ...

Sept. 11, 2001, drove preachers of the Good News to tackle the classic questions of theodicy: If God exists, why is there evil? Why does God allow the barbarous destruction of innocent people? How can ...

When the Rev. Roger Bauer arrives to preach on a Sunday, worshipers at Immanuel Lutheran Church might hear him before they see him. Or rather they might hear his blue 2005 Harley-Davidson Road King, ...

You can call them preaching gowns, Geneva gowns, academic gowns, and any more you don't see them all that often, but a special robe or gown for preaching has been a standard over the last generation.

At his Sunday Mass on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Pope Francis displayed the reliquary containing the bones of St. Peter to the crowd of pilgrims. Pope Francis venerates the relics of St. Peter ...

A movement spreading across the country since the 2016 election evokes a church. Its teachings? Civic engagement. By Courtney E. Martin Ms. Martin is the author, most recently, of “The New Better Off: ...

Across multiple Friday sermons, senior Iranian figures painted a picture of rising power at home while throwing serious heat ...

Preaching is generally associated with pulpits. A formal stand for your notes, and a platform from which you generally have a bit of a view, not to mention an advantage, over your audience. My family ...