Will Willimon's Lectionary Sermon Resource: Preaching the Psalms
Published December 2019
Just what you need to begin the journey toward sermons on the Psalms!
Will Willimon is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten preachers in theworld. In Preaching the Psalms, he provides just what
you need to begin the journey toward sermons based on the Psalms. This guide will stoke,
fund, and fuel your imagination while leaving plenty of room to insert
your own illustrations, make connections within your congregational
context, and speak the Word in your distinctive voice. Guidance from
Will Willimon is like sitting down with a trusted clergy friend and
asking, “What will you preach next Sunday?” Preaching the Psalms
is part of a seven-volume set that also includes lectionary-based
preaching resources for Years A, B, and C (2 volumes per year: Part 1
and Part 2) of the Revised Common Lectionary.
Sermon resources include:
1. Readings
2. Theme title
3. Introduction to the Readings
4. Encountering the Text
5. Proclaiming the Text
6. Relating the Text
About the Author
William H. Willimon
Will Willimon is a preacher and teacher of preachers. He is a United Methodist bishop (retired) and serves as Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. For twenty years he was Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. A 1996 Baylor University study named him among the Twelve Most Effective Preachers in the English speaking world. The Pew Research Center found that Will was one of the most widely read authors among Protestant clergy in 2005. His quarterly Pulpit Resource is used by thousands of pastors throughout North America, Canada, and Australia. In 2021 he gave the prestigious Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale Divinity School. Those lectures became the book, Preachers Dare: Speaking for God which is the inspiration for his ninetieth book, Listeners Dare: Hearing God in the Sermon.