Will Willimon’s memoir Accidental Preacher is an engaging collection of memories and observations. He tells the story, and the art of telling the story is as enjoyable as the stories themselves. In writing about the somewhat neglected concept of calling, he makes the observation that being a disciple of Jesus is not our idea. We …
Will Willimon on why human understanding never expects resurrection: Mary’s perfectly logical, understandably natural need to pursue the body of her beloved Jesus has not yet room for the miracle that has happened. The voice of Jesus has called to her, across an abyss of death, thrown a line to her across the cavernous expanse …
From an article by William Willimon on pastoral ministry and change titled Why Leaders Are A Pain: The promise of all bogus religion is the promise of a peaceful life without pain. That’s also the subtext of lots of sermons I hear and some of the ones I preach: pain is avoidable, and here’s my …
Tomorrow the revolution goes on. …faithful preaching is always more than a mild-mannered artful description of the world and the human condition. It must also be part of a process of conversion. In order to enter this strange Kingdom of Heaven, we must be born again, and again, and again. And there is rarely any …
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