On the first day of our introductory preaching course, my colleague presents a continuum. At one end is the view that the preacher has sole responsibility to make the gospel heard, to get Jesus to ...

Clergymen process during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, March 29, 2024. (OSV News/Gonzalo Fuentes) Good Friday begins in silence. The presider lies ...

It is widely agreed that Peter probably passed on the content of this Gospel to John Mark who crafted this masterful work. Many scholars tentatively hold to a date around AD 65 for this Gospel which ...

The Shabbat morning service at Congregation Sha’arei Shalom in this suburb of Raleigh has a familiar feel to anyone who grew up in a mainstream American synagogue. Sixty adults and a handful of ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we at Preaching Today thought it would be good to get pastors together and talk about their summer sermon series. We had a wonderful chance to chat with a few Preaching ...

John Wesley had a portable pulpit. The immediate need was practical: he was short, and his pulpit elevated him so that he could be seen and heard. Perhaps more importantly, the portable pulpit turned ...

It has been said that the only permanent thing is change. The movement of time reveals constant flux, with periods of stability forming the next wave of change. One image of history is a pendulum ...

Matthew probably composed his Gospel account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus some 40 to 50 years after the events. The earliest generation of preachers and believers were passing away and ...

In their decision to consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart, the U.S. bishops are inviting us to turn to the Sacred ...