What’s Helping You Preach?
Preaching week after week asks a lot of ministry leaders. There’s the work of engaging Scripture, paying attention to what is happening in the congregation and the wider world, finding language that connects, and then doing it all again next week. Thankfully, there are plenty of good resources (and good people) to help.
We’ve gathered a number of preaching resources in the Ministry Forum Resource Hub that can help you think differently about the work of preaching itself.
What helps you?
A resource list is always better when it includes recommendations from people actually doing the work. Leave us a comment and tell us what you use and why. It may already be in the Resource Hub — that’s okay too. Hearing that a resource is genuinely useful to other ministry leaders helps the rest of us know where to start. And if we’ve missed something good, we’d love to add it.
Conversations about preaching
Sometimes it helps to listen to other preachers talk about the work.
Here are two conversations from the Ministry Forum Podcast worth revisiting:
Preaching Week After Week with the Rev. Dr. Michael Brooks
We opened Season 7 of the Ministry Forum Podcast with the Rev. Dr. Michael Brooks, recipient of the 2026 Paul Scott Wilson Preaching Award. John and Michael talk about the experience of preaching week after week to the same congregation, what you learn over time, how the relationship between preacher and congregation shapes the work, and some of the wisdom Michael has gathered through years in the pulpit.
The Preaching Collective: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Sarah Travis and Participants.
Rev. Dr. Sarah Travis and participants from Knox College’s Preaching Collective - a retreat and ongoing community designed to equip and encourage preachers across Canada. The group shares honest reflections on the joys and anxieties of preaching, the power of collaboration, and the growing role of lay leaders in worship leadership. Together, they explore what it means to preach faithfully in a changing church and how companionship in ministry can renew courage and creativity in the pulpit. This episode is a reminder that no one preaches alone—and that the Spirit works best in community
Preaching That Affirms Sexuality with the Rev. Dr. Sarah Travis
In this recast lecture, the Rev. Dr. Sarah Travis and a panel of ministry leaders explore how preaching can become a space for repair, honesty and renewed connection. Drawing from Sarah’s book Remembering the Body, the conversation makes room for the complexity of preaching about sexuality within diverse congregations — including questions of affirmation, uncertainty and the lived experiences people bring with them when they enter worship.
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