What The Blues Teaches Us About Preaching
There’s something strange and beautiful about the blues. It’s a music soaked in pain—lost love, long nights, empty pockets, broken promises, unanswered prayers. The blues doesn’t pretend everything is alright. …
The Blues, The Dance, and Preaching Read More
Real preaching doesn’t promise you the new car. It doesn’t guarantee a bigger house, a better job, or a fairy tale ending. Because the Bible doesn’t either. You can name …
Three Things the Blues Will Do To Your Preaching Read More
You ever notice it? That preacher starts to rise near the end of the sermon — voice bending, throat tightening, rhythm building. And suddenly, they’re not just talking. They’re singing …
The Moan and the Whoop: Where Blues Meets Preaching Read More
Let’s go ahead and say it: some of these sermons out here sound like lectures. Long on information, short on inspiration. Packed with notes, but no oil. Now look — …
Sermon is Art Not Lecture Read More
If you’ve ever spent real time in the Psalms or the Prophets, you know they don’t sound like the neat, polished songs we often sing in church. They’re raw. They’re …
Why The Psalms and the Prophets Sound Like Blues Read More
Yes… I’m still thinking about the blues, y’all. And the more I sit with it, the more I realize the blues has made me a better preacher. When we talk …
How The Blues Helped My Preaching Read More
Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On opens soft, like a prayer hanging in the air: “Mother, mother, there’s too many of you crying. Brother, brother, brother, there’s far too many of …
Preaching Truth Through the Blues Read More
I’ve been thinking about celebration lately—what it really is, and what I actually do in my own sermons. And I’m going to get back to you soon with more on …
What The Blues Teaches Us About Celebration Read More
“I“I don’t yell or whoop, how can I bring that energy to my sermon?” Good question. Very good question. Some preachers are so monotone and lifeless that they appear to …
Stop Sleeping In The Pulpit Read More
OK… So I have been learning music over the last few years. Somebody said, “All the answers are in the records.” What they were saying is that if you have …
The Answer Is In The Records Read More
God will Turn a watch into a Warning God shows up every time 2 or 3 are gathered in God’s name. (Matthew 18:20) But, every once in a while… God …
God Will Turn A Watch Into A Warning Read More
I have referred to the power that lies in the parables. They are like dynamite that can blow up at any time. We do well to tread lightly around these …
The Radical Nature Of The Parables Read More
I often talk about preaching to “Real People Going Through Real Issues.” I use the term “Preaching to Grandma and Dem?” Preaching to “Grandma and Dem” is an attempt to …
Preaching To Real People Read More
