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Sermons that shed light on issues of Christian leadership

Catherine A. Caimano: This very day, our lives are being demanded

By Catherine A. Caimano Free Range Priest

An Episcopal priest starts pastoral ministry with a reminder that the only ‘real’ world is the kingdom of God, says Catherine A. Caimano.

David J. Wood: A meditation on transitions

By David J. Wood Senior minister, Glencoe Union Church

As he prepares to return to pastoral ministry after leading the Transition into Ministry program -- his ninth transition in 27 years -- David Wood offers wisdom from his nomadic existence.

The Exorcist

The story of the exorcist in the Gospel of Mark reminds us to resist the temptation to value membership more than service, says Brian K. Blount.

The word we don’t mention

By Sam Wells Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Lurking behind the Gothic pillars of Duke University lies a shadowy voice whispering the f-word we don’t mention: failure, says Samuel Wells.

Inheriting the mantle

By Sam Wells Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

As new leaders in the church, divinity graduates have an opportunity to see in the church "the wonder of God’s miracles, the glory of God’s goodness, the joy of God’s humor," says Samuel Wells.

Power for ministry

Resurrection isn’t a ‘topic’ to be dusted off for Easter and funerals but lies instead at the heart of all serious ministry, says Richard Lischer.

Limping and praising

By Richard Hays George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Duke Divinity School

Noted scholar Richard Hays celebrates his son’s ordination with lessons for ministry from two strange texts at the beginning and the end of the Bible.

‘Keep humble’

By Jeremy Begbie

Few sayings of Jesus are harder to understand than those about humility, says Jeremy Begbie.

For such a time as this

By Sam Wells Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Will you recognize the moment in which you are called upon to exercise your gifts? asks Samuel Wells.

‘I want to know Christ’

By Sam Wells Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Maybe faith’s not about being certain. Maybe it never was, says Samuel Wells.