Retired United Methodist bishop | Dean of Duke Chapel 1984-2004 | Author | Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School
Durham, NC
Joined November 2009
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Forty Days to Ponder This Truth… youtube.com/live/XwMSMnJd8ww… willwillimon.com/2023/03/27/…
The Future of the UMC: Fact or Fiction? youtube.com/watch?v=y5nt0W-h… willwillimon.com/2023/03/07/…
Preaching this week & beyond willwillimon.com/2023/02/01/…
Pulpit Resource for Christmas Sunday willwillimon.com/2022/12/23/…
A Visit to St. David’s Denton willwillimon.com/2022/10/31/…
Don’t Look Back Webinars willwillimon.com/2022/10/10/…
Listeners Dare on Crackers & Grape Juice willwillimon.com/2022/05/09/…
Release of Listeners Dare: Hearing God in the Sermon willwillimon.com/2022/05/04/…
I’ve been talking to dozens of clergy about the challenges of leading the church in the present moment. If you’re finding congregational leadership a daunting task these days, why don’t you join us for a conference in Edinburgh...
where I’ll be thinking with pastors, primarily from the Church of Scotland, about out challenges. You can register below. Please note the date and time: May 18, 9:00 am, EDT.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadershi…
I had the opportunity to join Rev. @wwold on "Preacher Lab" last week to talk all things preaching: using Scripture, preaching length, the use of humor, and even "mic drop" endings. Thanks again for having me on. Hope you'll listen and enjoy...
You can listen to it on any podcast streaming service by searching for "Preacher Lab" or you can listen on the website below.
preacherlab.com/podcast/zrey…
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Jesus himself ran into a little, uh, flack in his own homecoming sermon in Luke's Gospel. I hope you'll watch and enjoy!
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"Why should we vote at all and, once the 55 percent of eligible voters have voted, what are Christians to make of the outcome of the election? How then shall we live now that “the people have spoken”?" @WillimonTweets plough.com/en/topics/justice…
I hope you'll watch this sermon on "vocation," a word in the Christian vocabulary that often prompts a number of questions for us as Christ-followers. Let's see what Luke's Gospel has for us in defining this term...
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This morning at 11:45am I'll have the opportunity to preach at Duke Divinity School in Goodson Chapel. The lectionary calls for this week's Gospel reading, Luke 4:21-30.
You can join us live for this service, or watch later. The link is below:
youtube.com/watch?v=mRvRFh7H…
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Here's a sermon for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. I try to channel Jesus' own spirit of stirring up a congregation to think differently as is present to us in Luke's Gospel, the fourth chapter. Join me and Preacher Jesus. Enjoy!
When the news of Bishop Tutu’s death reached me, my mind went back to 1986 when Bishop Tutu honored me and Duke Chapel by a visit. The regional TV was eager to broadcast. Trouble was, Bishop Tutu was delayed in Atlanta while meeting with Coretta Scott King...
I greeted the bishop with, “Good to see you. Preach as long as you like but the TV leaves us in fifteen minutes.” Bishop Tutu ended a thrilling sermon right as TV coverage ended...
“I had a great time,” he said to me after the service. “Me too,” I said. Though I never wanted to lead a hymn sing on live TV ever again.
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