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2009 Alvaro Araica Villagra A Hispanic Liturgy for the Hispanic Community of The Episcopal Church The Hispanic/Latino community is characterized as a profoundly religious community. As an immigrant community in the United States comprised of persons of diverse...
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2009 Craig R. Wylie Choose This Day: Preaching Through Depression The original question raised that prompted this thesis was: How does a clinically depressed preacher claim agency and exercise leadership in a faith community that is itself historically depressed?...
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2009 Rhoda S. Montgomery Goldilocks in the Pulpit: Avoiding Preaching that is Too Hard Or Too Soft—Finding Just the Right Voice Preaching is a journey for both the preacher and the congregation. For the journey to have meaning, the preacher must know when to push,...
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2009 Kyung-Sook Lee I Love To Tell the Story Effective preaching begins with the preacher’s confidence in the authority of Scripture and the preacher’s conviction that God still speaks to people through Holy Scripture, that God anoints our preaching, and that through...
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2009 Judith Lynn Harmon Re-Membering Our Stories: Preaching Christ’s Body Whole This project, explored in the Association of Chicago Theological Schools Doctorate of Ministry in Preaching program, has grown out of an initial concern about the dichotomy in traditional...
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2008 Harold Roberts Out Of The Deep: Leadership And Congregational Recovery From Hurricane Katrina What is leadership? Why is it necessary? How do you evaluate it? What styles of leadership are helpful and why are others destructive and self-serving? This thesis is...
