What do we mean when we talk about “good preaching”? Two kinds of preaching predominate the American evangelical landscape today: the first we’ll call “moral preaching,” and the second we’ll call ...

As I was working out at a local gym, my attention was drawn to the TV that hung from the ceiling. News anchors I didn’t know from a channel I hardly watched made talking points I didn’t understand ...

Father Daniel Cardó’s ‘The Art of Preaching: A Theological and Practical Primer’ contains a wealth of basic teachings for those aiming to learn or improve the art of preaching. Book cover of ‘The Art ...

(RNS) -- The Rev. Susan Sparks, a minister and a professional comedian, uses humor in her sermons to help her American Baptist congregation in New York City consider ways to approach those with whom ...

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, ...

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.

A fascinating study of story, homiletics, humor, faith and the art of preaching. Take an unprecedented look at a pastor moving from scripture to sermon. Through interviews with family and colleagues, ...

The word that keeps coming back is hunger. Scholars talk about it, but so do preachers and parishioners. The reason that preaching is enjoying a revival in churches where it was a dying art, say ...

Perhaps the most constant complaint heard from Catholic pews is about the poor quality of the preaching. Although saddening, it might also be a small consolation to know that such seems always to have ...

For the past decade, one of the missions of Father Daniel Cardó’s parish, Holy Name in Sheridan, Colo., has been liturgical renewal. With the hope of leading the congregation into full, conscious, and ...