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Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon
Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School.
Dean of the Chapel at Duke University (’84-’04)
Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church (’04-’08)
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The God Who Descended
Here’s the second of my two sermons from last week at Cathedral Church of the Advent for their Lenten Preaching Series. The sermon text is Psalm 139:1-3, 7-10. “Whether he descended into hell or whether he descended to the dead, it’s still quite the thing to say about God.”
Forty Days to Ponder This Truth…
It was a joy to be back at Cathedral Church of the Advent to be a part of their Lenten Preaching Series. This was the first of two sermons I preached last week in Birmingham. The text is 1 Timothy 1:13-16. “The Church–in its wisdom–gives us forty days to ponder the trust about ourselves, to…
Waiting for the Resurrection and the Life
A sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent: learning to wait for God from John 11:1-45.
“I feared boredom more than heresy. They said nasty things about Jesus. Nobody ever said he was dull.”
Will Willimon, Accidental preacher
One of Will’s most recent publications, a memoir entitled Accidental Preacher, recounts, with characteristic wit and humor, moments from his rich vocational life.
Beginning with his childhood in a segregated South, Will moves through story after story of a life spent responding to God’s constant call.
Peculiar Prophet 