Pastors face a perennial challenge of knowing how to treat special days in the calendar. For days marked in the church year, the challenge is how to speak a fresh word about a familiar theme or story. For days marked in the civil calendar, the challenge is to discern within secular celebrations appropriate connection with the Christian gospel.
In Preaching the Calendar, masterful preacher Ellsworth kalas discusses the importance of embracing holidays and special days as occasions when sermons can enlarge and deepen spiritual yearnings. His works of wisdom demonstrate how this type of preaching can be done well and are just as likely to serve as valuable sources of stories and sermon illustrations for pastors eager to help people find new and renewed relationship with God.
