Poets, Prophets & Preachers
A one-day teaching seminar exploring what it looks like to compellingly communicate the provocative, dangerous, fascinating, convincing, subversive, beautiful message of the resurrected Jesus.
Whether you’re a teacher, preacher, leader, artist, activist, or organizer, this seminar is for anyone fascinated, frustrated, intoxicated, or exhilarated by the creative process and how it shapes, relates, and informs the life of faith.
8:30 am doors open
9 am where do ideas/content/inspiration come from? how does that become a teaching? how do we live so that we can do this great joy year after year?
10 am the science of homiletical architecture (why some sermons work and others don’t). all of the subtle things like pace, tone, pitch, tension, and arc that shape what it is you are giving people
11 am Q+A
12 pm break for lunch on your own
1 pm insanely practical things like memorizing, preparing ahead, making outlines, daily and weekly disciplines, and rhythms that make Sundays better
2 pm a few thoughts on church, culture, and keep your own fire burning
3 pm Q+A