Sometime in the late 1980s I was presenting a paper on my dissertation when I noticed that the most important person in postwar American preaching was sitting in the first row. I had the opportunity ...

Learn how to craft an engaging homily, and cultivate the study, prayer, and pastoral practices that will support you as work to feed the congregation on the Word of God. Deepen your appreciation of ...

Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...

A new program to prepare women to preach in the Catholic Church has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., even as current church practice does not allow women to give the homily at ...

This week on Preach, we launch a new series: Preaching for the Sacraments—how homilists can bring depth and imagination to their preaching during some of the Catholic Church’s most meaningful rites.

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory speeches in 2008, ...

NEW YORK — Saint Paul’s Benevolent Educational and Missionary Institute (The Passionists) is excited to announce a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., awarded in collaboration with Emmy ...

Lee University’s Board of Directors has unanimously voted to name the university’s new center for Pentecostal preaching in honor of the late Rev. Dr. Paul L. Walker. Dr. Paul L. Walker served as the ...

The Rev. Fred Craddock, the pulpit giant who was “like no other preacher you have ever heard,” has died, his church announced. Craddock, who redefined the art of preaching, died Friday in Blue Ridge, ...