Need to inject some energy and fresh ideas on how to approach biblical texts for Easter 2021? Feeling weary and need some words of encouragement? Matt Woodley is joined by Pastor Darrell Johnson (50 ...

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With evangelical PR spiraling out of control, and religious nones soaring, you may find more skeptics in your pews this Easter. How will you engage skepticism this Easter? Sermon preparation is, at ...

When the Rev. Jean Beniste arrived at Christ Episcopal Church Waukegan on March 8, 2020, to become its rector, he already had ideas in mind how he wanted to lead the congregation in the celebration of ...

So while Easter sermons are kind of variation on a theme, Christ’s resurrection is so unique and powerful that it doesn’t need to be refreshed each year, Sondrol said. During this Easter season, “my ...

On Easter, Scott Jones will attempt to give a sermon that prompts parishioners to think, to laugh and to cry. “To pause, to reconsider, to say I’m sorry and to change,” says Jones, pastor of ...

This Easter Sunday, the holiest day of the Christian calendar, many pastors will start their sermons about the Resurrection of Jesus and weave in a pointed message about racism and bigotry, and the ...

May this Easter season be about a lot more than new clothes and a big family meal. Today’s Sunday Magazine features special Easter-themed sermons written by the pastors who regularly contribute to The ...

Good preaching requires mastery of rhetoric, in particular the tools of repetition and organization. “Otherwise, they’re not gonna remember,” says John Baldovin, S.J. “This is a no-brainer, but ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...