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Tips for New Preachers

Preaching is one of the most challenging, enjoyable and dangerous things any pastor will do. The responsibility is tremendous and the world allies with our sinful flesh to make preachers deliver poor sermons and to distract inattentive hearers.
The newly minted pastors leaving the seminary for their first calls have had excellent homiletical training from [...]

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2008 05 06 Stiegemeyer Homiletics
Pastoral Ministry
Preaching
Seminary
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Depression and the Pastor: Who Knew?

Rev. Stiegemeyer asked me to come in as a guest writer and write a bit about depression, mental illness and the pastoral office. Welcome to my world.
Clinical depression is one of the fastest growing and most common illnesses in our country. It affects over 19 million Americans, and yet often goes undiagnosed and untreated, [...]

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2008 01 21 Darkmyroad Anxiety
Mental Illness
Stress
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