Cycle B Sermons Based on the Gospel Texts for Pentecost Through Proper 16
April Yamasaki
These Cycle B Sermons for the first half of the Season after Pentecost based on the Gospel texts are full of practical illustrations and will generate ideas that will ultimately save you time and make your job easier.

Cycle B Sermons Based on the Gospel Texts for Proper 17 through Thanksgiving
Wayne Brouwer
These Cycle B Sermons for the second half of the Season after Pentecost based on the Gospel texts are full of practical illustrations and will generate ideas that will ultimately save you time and make your job easier.

Based On Lectionary Years A, B, C
Robert S. Jarboe
How does a pastor who follows the lectionary make the Advent wreath relevant to the rest of the service? Here is a very easy-to-use resource which includes every Sunday in Advent, as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It provides bulletin inser

Robert Blair
If you’re looking for a planning resource to help you deal with funerals and weddings, this book is worth its weight in gold. Pastors are repeatedly called on to perform these ceremonies in an infinite variety of circumstances, yet there’s no ”one-si

Hanging The Greens For Christmas
Janet Burton
Worship in today’s mainline churches is changing faster than many ministry leaders would like, yet not fast enough to satisfy many laypeople who want to experience something fresh when they attend worship. While older members may resist losing valued

Songs And Lessons For The Advent Wreath And Hanging Of The Greens
Eulonda A. Dreher
Begin your celebration of the Advent season with this meaningful program that weaves together informative readings, scripture, and familiar hymns with the lighting of the Advent wreath and the ”hanging of the greens.” It’s a wonderfully creative way

Creatively Developing Biblical Story Sermons
Larry Lange
Outlines an innovative process for retelling biblical stories that utilizes fictional elements and contexts yet remains faithful to the scriptural text. Several creative and homiletical issues are comprehensively examined, and six sample sermons are included to illustrate various aspects of this process at work. Inject exciting new life into the old, old story with this primer for developing dramatic sermons that touch hearts and minds and souls.

Hard Texts, Homiletical Narratives, and Hearing God's Voice
James Ayers
In Finding the Story, James Ayers examines the art of narrative preaching and shows how storytelling can help people in the pews hear God speaking to their hearts through scripture. Ayers analyzes ways to illuminate texts that are diffi

Lent/Easter Dramas
Dennis M. Maurer
Seven figures who were at the foot of the cross (or might have been there) pour their hearts out to Jesus in these dramatic conversations. Judas opens the series, spiritually wrestling with himself at the cross before taking his own life, pondering w

Cycle B Sermons For Proper 23 Through Christ the King Based On The Gospel Texts
April Yamasaki

Yamasaki's Ordinary Time with Jesus presents ten sermons for the season after Pentecost (last third) that beautifully weave the gospel scriptures with our daily experiences. She reminds us to surrender our ideas, our hopes, and our expectations to Jesus as she closes each sermon with a simple prayer, emphasizing total dependence upon Christ.