Clear-Sighted Preaching Sarah Cornwell June 17, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, The Episcopal Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Sarah Cornwell I have worn glasses since I was 4 years old. Suffice it to say... Read More...
The Promise and Perils of Preaching Experience Timothy O'Malley June 10, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Tim O’Malley I often hear two critiques of Roman Catholic preaching. The firs... Read More...
Good Moralistic Preaching Elisabeth Kincaid May 27, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, The Episcopal Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Elisabeth Rain Kincaid In the classic movie Footloose, Chicago teen Ren McCor... Read More...
A Plea to the Preacher Charlie Clauss May 20, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, The Episcopal Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Charlie Clauss I am thankful for the men and women called to pastor parishes ... Read More...
Papal Preaching and the Pandemic Neil Dhingra May 13, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Neil Dhingra Perhaps the most haunting photographs from this “Time of the Vir... Read More...
Preaching amidst Coronavirus Hannah Matis May 7, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, The Episcopal Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching written by lay people. Other installments may be found here. By Hannah Matis A small lifetime ago — can it really have been only a month? — I was thinki... Read More...
No Other Story: Preaching as Catechesis Caleb Congrove April 28, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church This is the first in a series of essays on preaching written by lay people. By Caleb Congrove About five years ago, I wrote a little essay about preaching. That piece weighed in on a conversation that had... Read More...