Preacher | Teacher | Writer

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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Writing

Read about Will’s many books and other publications, including the newly released Aging.

Preaching

Hear recent sermons from one of America’s best known and best loved preachers.

Teaching

Learn more about Will’s career as one of America’s finest theological educators.

The Latest from Will’s Blog

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…

“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.