Finding Joy in Preaching by Jere Phillips “I never take Monday as my day off; I don’t want to feel that bad on my own time.” That old joke brings a knowing smile to many preachers’ faces. They understand the anxiety leading up to the preaching event and the subtle, or not so subtle, depression commonly felt the morning after. …
Four Powerful Practices of the Preacher King By Lenny Luchetti The Christian preaching of Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t merely inspire a congregation, which would be no small task; it inspired a movement, the Civil Rights Movement. It wouldn’t be a stretch to assert that King’s preaching was a primary initiator of social transformation in America during the 1960’s. Although …
