Wednesday (May 17)

We love seeing photos of friends new and old, pets or humans experiencing #Homiletics2023 with you!

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Brinkley awaits a good word from Melva Sampson. #homiletics2023 pic.twitter.com/11pv5acm68

— Jealaine Marple (@JealaineMarple) May 17, 2023

Today’s we were blessed to hear:

Melva Sampson

“Hope is a big performance. We do not have the community to hold all of our truth”

Powerfully challenging word from @mlsampson. I can't thank you enough. God's Blesdings to you.#Homiletics2023@FestHomiletics

— jackie blue (@prchsd) May 17, 2023

But my soul refuses to die #homiletics2023 Dr. Melva Sampson

— Sarah Fanning (@revsmf) May 17, 2023

Shannon Johnson Kershner

Mary McKibben Dana

“Courage is the animating force, more than hope.”

“A coalition of the HopePunk”

Luke Powery

“If ever there was a time to put ‘praise the Lord’ on repeat, it is now”

Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! The psalmist knew that what we don’t repeat, we may forget.

Luke Powery #Homiletics2023

— Rev. Dr. Ramona Hayes (@PastorRamona) May 17, 2023

“In the scriptural past we see our future … in the praise we see our redemption.” @LukeAPowery bringing a powerful word on praise rooted in Psalm 150. @FestHomiletics #Homiletics2023 pic.twitter.com/WEjBCLgWq4

— RevEpiscoDad (@RevEpiscoDad) May 17, 2023

“And suddenly angels came and waited on him.”
Dr. Luke Powery#Homiletics2023 pic.twitter.com/fqUWqGU3hv

— Clare Sedlacek (@clarecsedlacek) May 17, 2023

Jonathan Merritt 

Definitions of words like “mercy” and “love” cannot be assumed. 

We’ve lost our “therefore”. The majority of people say they believe, but we do not therefore speak about it. 

“While preaching is so much more than compassion, it can never be less than that.”

Edgardo Colón-Emeric

"Lament is doxology in a minor key, and the root chord is hope."
-Rev. Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric, United Methodist Pastor and Dean of Duke Divinity School#Homiletics2023 pic.twitter.com/fgBGugIIwt

— Rev. Violet Johnicker (@VioletJ) May 17, 2023

"The Christian is an eschatological person, living from & for the end, living backwards from in front." Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric, Dean at @DukeDivinity #Homiletics2023 🤯

— Adam Gordon ☩ (@nodroglmada) May 17, 2023

#JesusWept #LaudatoSi “Like the moon, only one side of the church is visible; an entire side can go unseen. A borrowed light. Only Christ is light.” AMAZING message by Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric, Dean at @DukeDivinity #Homiletics2023 @FestHomiletics 💕

— Rachel J. Newman, OFS (@CoolBeansRae) May 17, 2023

Raquel St. Clair Lettsome

Preach Jesus. You don't have to kill him every Sunday. There is more to him than his death. Look to his healing/feeding/welcoming/calling (in &out). *THIS* is where Hope is found – @RevRaquel1 at @FestHomiletics #Homiletics2023

— Adam Gordon ☩ (@nodroglmada) May 17, 2023

.@RevRaquel1 at #homiletics2023 “Christian hope is not about the outcome but it’s about God…Hope can sometimes know that bowing down is worse than burning” (Daniel 3). @GFMediaOrg @FestHomiletics pic.twitter.com/1wx3gb39EI

— Mitch Randall (@rmitchrandall) May 17, 2023

“God’s name is not I Was, but I AM!”

Timothy Adkins-Jones

Speaking about the rise of Christian nationalism, @PastorTim33 says at #homiletics2023, “Storms seem to rise out of nowhere, however, they have been building up for a long time.” @GFMediaOrg @FestHomiletics pic.twitter.com/BJKOWy3ECM

— Mitch Randall (@rmitchrandall) May 17, 2023

Peter Marty

“Those who sacrifice the most on behalf of love, have the most authority.”

Whose words are still resonating in your soul?