On May 11-15, pastors, preachers and other church leaders gathered for the 23rd Festival of Homiletics in downtown Denver. This year’s theme was Preaching from the Mountain: Heralds of Good Tidings. Incredible speakers, including Walter Brueggemann, Michael Curry, Yvette Flunder and Anna Carter Florence, offered inspiration and challenge to preachers in light of this theme. Additionally, there were several workshops including topics from digital media to storytelling to the narrative lectionary that provided further insight and education for attendees.
Sally Peters, director of Luther Seminary’s Center for Lifelong Learning, commented, “Denver’s first Festival of Homiletics was a great success with four venues, 17 worship services, 19 lectures, nine workshops, storytelling, a concert, Yogadevotions, a beer and hymns sing and an interfaith dialogue. Nearly 1,800 pastors and preachers from every U.S. state, plus Canada and other international countries, gathered to learn, worship and be restored and renewed.”
For an overview of the experience, including a live Sermon Brainwave recording, workshop summaries and social media highlights, please view “Denver 2015” on the Festival of Homiletics blog. For photos of the event, visit the Luther Seminary Flickr page.