Festival Blog

Drawn into worship with yearning for God’s continued presence in hearts and lives, Brad Froslee called Festival participants into their last service together at #Homiletics2019

On Thursday, surrounded by eager listeners in the Westminster sanctuary, Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence returned to her roots. This was the church where she

Our amazing photographers Keith Spencer and Stephanie Luedtke have been working hard this week. See more #Homiletics2019 photos on SmugMug.

In Rev. Will Willimon’s estimation, self-righteousness is a major pitfall to preachers’ efforts to be prophetic. When religious leaders internalize expectations of saintly perfection, we

Another powerhouse day of #Homiletics2019! Here are some social media highlights from Thursday.

2019 Festival of Homiletics handouts include:  William Barber II: Call to action and letter introducing Moral Witness Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Sarah Ciavarri:

What a beautiful third day of #Homiletics2019! Here are some social media highlights from the day.

Brought back to the present with beautiful music from Peter Mayer in the midst of a busy week, workshop participants were centered for the start

Getting into the game, Rev. Otis Moss III opened his first sermon with a sports analogy, explaining how following sermons from James Forbes Jr. and

Hundreds gathered for worship in Central Lutheran Church’s beautiful sanctuary as Karoline Lewis introduced this year’s theme, inspired by Frank A. Thomas’ book How to Preach

Check in here on our blog for sermon snippets and social media updates from each day of #Homiletics2019!  Keep up with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/festhomiletics/ Follow

In an effort to reduce paper waste, there are not print versions of the worship bulletins at the 2019 Festival of Homiletics. All bulletin materials