Sometimes when we first describe our teaching team approach to sermon preparation, pastors who were trained to lock themselves in an office and develop their Sunday message by themselves think we're ...

Before we examine Mark 10:46-52 and how it might shape a sermon during the election season, I want to explain that preachers can address issues related to the election. Preachers are free to discuss ...

Mark 10:35-45 is the Gospel reading in the Revised Common Lectionary for Oct. 20, just three weeks before Election Day. Here are election season sermon ideas using Gentle, Invitational, and Robust ...

"Wow, you must be really organized!" is the comment we often hear when we tell people we plan all of our big idea teaching a year in advance. We wish that were the case. The creative chaos and our ...

Are fitness chains modern-day cults? Should efficiency be a moral value? How is our obsession with weight connected to Adam and Eve? Few, if any, of these questions would occur to the average American ...