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 ...

Before I explain what I mean by expository preaching, let me mention three other popular models of preaching. First, there is what some call the simple Gospel. Perhaps you've heard a Christian friend ...

ALAMEDA – 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 ...

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 ...

The poem by Edgar Guest, “Sermons We See,” explores how people live their lives and how everyday actions serve as sermons of our true nature and beliefs. The poem is a lesson in the power of our mind, ...

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 ...

When the project Preaching the Just Word was initiated almost 10 years ago, I applauded. After my recent participation in a five-day retreat/workshop with 66 other Jesuits, I stand converted to a ...

Bradley Hite shifted his weight from left foot to right, trying to psych himself up to talk about his faith. The 16-year-old, by his own admission, felt stupid standing at the corner of Broad and High ...

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, ...