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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Preachers Dare Launch Webinar
Last night, Old Testament professors and preachers Brent Strawn and Stephen Chapman joined me on Zoom to talk about Preachers Dare: Speaking for God, my new book. We covered prophetic preaching, what it means to speak for God, and many other subjects including taking some listener questions. You can watch the recording here on myContinue reading “Preachers Dare Launch Webinar”
Preachers Dare: Excerpt V
In October, I published Preachers Dare: Speaking for God, my theology of preaching. Preaching is brave speech drawn out of us because, Deus Dixit, God speaks, as Barth reminds us in the Göttingen Dogmatics, and God is determined to remain in conversation with us through us. For this launch webinar, I will be joined byContinue reading “Preachers Dare: Excerpt V”
Preachers Dare: Excerpt IV
In October, I published Preachers Dare: Speaking for God, my theology of preaching. Preaching is brave speech drawn out of us because, Deus Dixit, God speaks, as Barth reminds us in the Göttingen Dogmatics, and God is determined to remain in conversation with us through us. For this launch webinar, I will be joined byContinue reading “Preachers Dare: Excerpt IV”
“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.
