John Stackhouse
- 3 min
Second Thoughts about That Royal Wedding Sermon
When Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10’s in gymnastics during the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, the world took notice. That, we all...
John Stackhouse
- 1 min
Help for Busy Advent/Christmas Preachers
As I’ve done before, I list here some previous blog posts relevant to the season in case this can help you in your sermon preparation....
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
“Warning: May Contain Peanuts”: Trigger Warnings, Pedagogy, and Common Sense
I wish there had been a “trigger warning” during my music history course in 1980. I was finishing my undergraduate degree at Queen’s...
John Stackhouse
- 2 min
New and (Slightly) Improved! (Informercial 2014)
As was true last year at about this time, I’m receiving inquiries about what I’ll be discussing in my course on public speaking at Regent...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
Preaching that Avoids the Scandal…and the Centre
I’ve been impressed recently in reading the early chapters of the Book of Acts by the confrontational clarity and boldness of the...
John Stackhouse
- 6 min
Are You Lovable?
This apparently bizarre question pops up over and over again in Christian worship and theology. It was posed to me recently by a friend...