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Advent and Christmas Preaching Workshop this November in Dallas!
Advent and Christmas Preaching Workshop, November 18 or 19: Like Sheep Without a Shepherd: Preaching for People Under Stress during the Seasons of Advent and Christmas Dallas area ordained clergy and those in formation, all are...
St. Matthew, Child of God
By Karla Bellinger – Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 ; Brothers and sisters, I, a prisoner for the Lord, Urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received With all humility...
Preaching for Encounter Program – Preachers’ Progress Report 2024 Cohort
Executive Summary: Catholic preaching can improve. At the Institute for Homiletics, we have witnessed homiletic growth anecdotally and we have measured it statistically. The 2024 cohort of the Preaching for Encounter Program worked on their...
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Monica: Grace Comes into the Gap
By Dr. Karla Bellinger – 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31 Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters. Not many of you were side by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth....
Preaching in Ordinary Time Doesn’t Have to be ‘Ordinary’
By Dr. Suzanne Nawrocki, Institute for Homiletics Coach: According to Merriam-Webster, ordinary means “to be expected,” “usual,” or “of a common kind.” In everyday speech, we often use the word to describe something that is...
The Feast of Ignatius of Loyola: the Mystic of the Ordinary and Everyday
In homiletics, we can lose the mystery dimension of preaching. It is a miracle when a listener says, “You touched me today.” The Holy Spirit is the One who makes that encounter happen. But sometimes, homileticians...
NADD The Deacon Article: The Homily – Preaching for Encounter
By Deacon Matthew Napoli “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4:21) In our imagination, we might sense the excitement in the synagogue when Christ rolled up the scroll and handed it...
The Preacher as Witness in Ordinary Time
By Dcn. Bill Eckert, Institute for Homiletics Coach: On the road to Emmaus, two disciples encountered the risen Lord in the breaking of the bread. They immediately took to the road to spread the good...
Catholic Young Adult Study: Better Homilies Correlate with Stronger Parishes
By Dr. William E. Baker and Dr. Karla J. Bellinger A friend jokes that she is a “Roamin’ Catholic” – she and her husband and their young family travel around to Catholic parishes in her...
