A Stewardship Sermon Series on Psalm 50:14 (Part 2 of 2)
Craft, Holiday/Special Sermons Lisa Cressman Craft, Holiday/Special Sermons Lisa Cressman

A Stewardship Sermon Series on Psalm 50:14 (Part 2 of 2)

This is the second of a two-part blog series , “A Four-Week Stewardship Sermon Series on Ps. 50:14..” The sermon series is titled “To Know God Is to Thank God.”

Psalm 50:14: “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and make good your vows to the Most High.”

  • Week One: Offer to God

  • Week Two: A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

  • Week Three: Make Good Your Vows

  • Week Four: To the Most High

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How to Tell the Story—a Simple Structure for Holy Week, Easter, and Every Sermon
Craft, Holiday/Special Sermons Lisa Cressman Craft, Holiday/Special Sermons Lisa Cressman

How to Tell the Story—a Simple Structure for Holy Week, Easter, and Every Sermon

A year ago I wanted to help you prepare for Easter with a series about this simple, save-you-time, quick-to-craft, sermon structure to discern and organize your message. But COVID-19 disrupted everything. I then turned my attention toward preaching into the crisis—and was never able to return to this helpful content. So now, I’m resurrecting the post to show you how to employ this simple story-structure process for Easter (or any sermon).

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Preaching Ash Wednesday: 8 suggestions for preaching repentance and (avoidable) death
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Preaching Ash Wednesday: 8 suggestions for preaching repentance and (avoidable) death

On this Ash Wednesday, not only is there our usual grief and fear about death, there is also anger and resentment. Not to mention shame and guilt from those who may realize too late they’ve contributed to the demise of others. We must acknowledge our unusual circumstances this year and invite people to grieve, confess, and make amends.

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Recovering from 2020: Your Free, At-Home Christmas Retreat
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Recovering from 2020: Your Free, At-Home Christmas Retreat

“This retreat will not completely fill your tank, assuage your exhaustion, or provide a clear path of hope for the future. But it will, I pray, provide a theological and spiritual framework to what you have endured, witnessed, and felt this past year. By God's grace we will minister in 2021 with an open heart, confident that God will continue to provide all we need to preach, minister, and lead. This, too, shall pass. And in the meantime, people need Good News.”

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Three Christmas Sermon Themes for a Pandemic Christmas
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Three Christmas Sermon Themes for a Pandemic Christmas

It probably feels hard to keep the “merry” in “Merry Christmas” this year. We will miss so many of the usual Christmas traditions. While it is right to grieve, it is also right to find unexpected blessings in our stripped-down celebrations of the Incarnation this year. We can focus more clearly on the “why:” why did God choose to live among us?

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