Here I Am to Worship

At the Festival of Homiletics, one of the things we did quite a lot of was listen to sermons. This would make sense, of course, given the definition of homiletics: “the art of preaching.” We were there to learn about, and from, good preaching. And hearing good preaching is a very effective method of learning. [...]

Relative Anonymity

Originally, Kirk was going to go with me to the Festival of Homiletics. That’s one of the great things about a pastor being married to a theology professor. Our interests intersect quite nicely. I have accompanied him to conferences, and he is interested in my continuing education opportunities as well. Unfortunately, this time around, he [...]

The Trip that Launched a Thousand Blogs

Or blog entries, anyway. And don’t really hold me to that number (although who knows how long I’ll be writing this blog?), or else just be really patient. But I just got back from attending the Festival of Homiletics in Minneapolis. And I thought of this title the first night of the conference, as I [...]