Will Willimon's Lectionary Sermon Resource: Preaching the Psalms

by William H. Willimon

Overview

Will Willimon is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten preachers in the
world. In Preaching the Psalms, he provides just what
you need to begin the journey toward sermons based on the Psalms. This guide will stoke,
fund, and fuel your imagination while leaving plenty of room to insert
your own illustrations, make connections within your congregational
context, and speak the Word in your distinctive voice. Guidance from
Will Willimon is like sitting down with a trusted clergy friend and
asking, “What will you preach next Sunday?” Preaching the Psalms
is part of a seven-volume set that also includes lectionary-based
preaching resources for Years A, B, and C (2 volumes per year: Part 1
and Part 2) of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Sermon resources include:

1. Readings
2. Theme title
3. Introduction to the Readings
4. Encountering the Text
5. Proclaiming the Text
6. Relating the Text

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501890970
Publisher:	Abingdon Press
Publication date:	12/03/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	469 KB

About the Author

Feeling most at home behind a pulpit, Will Willimon’s deepest calling is to be a preacher and truth-teller of Jesus Christ. He is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke University Divinity School and retired Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church, after serving for 20 years as faculty member and Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Will Willimon has published many books, including his preaching subscription service on MinistryMatters.com, Pulpit Resource, and Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love, both published by Abingdon Press.

Will Willimon is a preacher and teacher of preachers. He is a United Methodist bishop (retired) and serves as Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. For twenty years he was Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. A 1996 Baylor University study named him among the Twelve Most Effective Preachers in the English speaking world. The Pew Research Center found that Will was one of the most widely read authors among Protestant clergy in 2005. His quarterly Pulpit Resource is used by thousands of pastors throughout North America, Canada, and Australia. In 2021 he gave the prestigious Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale Divinity School. Those lectures became the book, Preachers Dare: Speaking for God which is the inspiration for his ninetieth book, Listeners Dare: Hearing God in the Sermon.