PEP Alum adds new title: Presiding Bishop
Inspirations & Thoughts | November 1, 2024
Today marks the beginning of the ministry of Sean Rowe as the 28th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. We welcome Bishop Rowe’s leadership and vision—and we’re especially delighted to…
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Lay Preacher Graduate Delivers Conference Sermon
Inspirations & Thoughts | April 16, 2024
At the recent Episcopal Parishes Network conference in Houston, Texas, one of our Lay Preacher Training graduates, Dr. Freida Herron, was invited to deliver the sermon during the closing Eucharist.…
RIP: R. Thomas Green
Inspirations & Thoughts | November 27, 2023
R. Thomas Green, a longtime supporter of the Episcopal Preaching Foundation, died October 18 at the age of 86. Mr. Green served for several years as a member of the…
Lay Preachers Meet Growing Need
Lay Preachers Training | November 8, 2023
By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldCorrespondent Attending worship in Episcopal congregations increasingly means hearing a homily from a layperson rather than a priest. The faithful are hearing heartfelt accounts of what it’s…
Preaching in the Purple Zone
Book Reviews Inspirations & Thoughts | October 18, 2023
Preaching in the Purple Zone by Leah Schade is both an analysis and an application of her research on the willingness of mainline clergy to preach and engage their congregations…
Preaching Black Lives (Matter)
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This review commends one of the stellar underappreciated books many may have missed reading during the height of Covid. Gayle Fisher-Stewart’s Preaching Black Lives (Matter) offers an assemblage of modern-day…
Book Review: The People’s Sermon
Book Reviews News | July 20, 2023
In The People’s Sermon – Preaching as a Ministry of the Whole Congregation, author Shauna K. Hannan shares her belief that a person called to preach “is not the sole…
Book Review: Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now to Become a Better Preacher
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Small Preaching by Jonathan Pennington works off the premise that preachers can significantly improve their skills by attending to small skills and strategies without having to entirely reinvent their preaching…
ChatGPT Sermon examples
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In the Summer 2023 issue of Kerygma, author Kate Spelman explores the role of artificial intelligence for developing sermons. Read the article. She asked ChatGPT to write some sermons for…
Preaching Foundation seeks new executive director
News | June 8, 2023
The Episcopal Preaching Foundation seeks an executive director to coordinate and manage staff, including the Senior Program Manager, part-time program managers, a part-time financial manager, an executive assistant, and vendors.…