At the 2023 annual meeting of the Academy of Homiletics (AOH) in December, I stepped into my new role as the President of the guild. What is the Academy of Homiletics? The Academy was founded in 1965 ...

Last April, Pope Francis ordained a group of 19 priests, urging the new clergymen to serve more than to rule their parishioners, and above all, not to bore them. “Let this be the nourishment of the ...

The most consistent comment that priests and deacons hear at the church door is “Good homily, Father” or “Appreciated your homily, Deacon.” What does that mean? Bishop Ken Untener, in his book ...

Would your church cope with hearing preaching like Jesus? Has it ever struck you how very different the preaching of Jesus is to the preaching in the average church today? So much so, that if a young ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. The history of preaching with its procession of personalities and schools of preaching is as rich and as complex as the ...