Featured Brehm Preaching Resources

By erinbrockway | January 24, 2022

The Micah Podcast; Micah Groups Facilitator Training; The Preacher as Sermon; Awakening to the Violence of Systemic Racism; The Arts, for the Life of the Church

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Introducing “The Micah Podcast”!

By jenniferackerman | January 21, 2022

Join Jin Cho, Joy Johnson, and Bret Widman — three pastors who became friends in Micah Groups — as they engage in courageous conversation inspired by current events and themes in the Micah Groups curriculum, First Things. These three friends and co-laborers in the Kingdom address some of the most challenging issues facing pastors and…

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Micah Groups Facilitator Training Enrolling Now!

By erinbrockway | January 1, 2022

This small group, fully immersive, online training will give you tools for facilitating courageous conversation in cross-cultural situations, engaging complex topics, and strengthening the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice in your life and ministry.

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The Church—Shaped by and Shaping the Outside Community

By erinbrockway | November 19, 2021

Micah Mobilizer Jin Cho reflects on the holistic, social, and communal dimensions of preaching and the liturgy—and on what it means for the church to both shape and be shaped by the community outside its walls.

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Courageous Conversation for Clergy and More

By erinbrockway | August 10, 2021

Dear Preachers, With August upon us, it’s that time of year to think about the new season of worship and programming that will launch in the fall. What is on your heart as you think about gathering with your church family — however that may look in the relentless march of this pandemic? Weary is the first word that…

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Addressing Anti-Asian Racism

By erinbrockway | June 10, 2021

Anti-Asian Racism in America and What Your Church Can Do About It
*A reflection from Micah Mobilizer, Jin Cho*

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Worship, Preaching, and Justice

By erinbrockway | April 22, 2021

Dear Preachers, The above art by John August Swanson has served as a visual representation of the vision of Brehm Preaching—A Lloyd John Ogilvie Initiative, where we believe that catalyzing a movement of empowered, wise preachers means committing ourselves first and foremost to answering the call of Jesus to cast our nets in whatever lake, stream,…

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Ministry Leadership and the Arts

By erinbrockway | April 6, 2021

Dear Preachers, Like so many others around the globe, I’ve been rather anxiously awaiting my turn to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. Last Friday was my big day—or big day #1 of 2, to be precise. Arriving at the drive-through mass vaccination site I took up my position in the elaborate automotive choreography, under the direction…

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Micah Groups Facilitator Training Enrolling Now!

By erinbrockway | March 8, 2021

This small group, fully immersive, online training will give you tools for facilitating courageous conversation in cross-cultural situations, engaging complex topics, and strengthening the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice in your life and ministry.

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We are now Brehm Preaching!

By erinbrockway | March 2, 2021

The Ogilvie Institute of Preaching is now Brehm Preaching—A Lloyd John Ogilvie Initiative Dear Preachers, The Ogilvie Institute of Preaching was founded in 2009 to honor the legacy of Lloyd John Ogilvie by catalyzing a movement of empowered, wise preachers who passionately proclaim the gospel of Christ through the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice. Over…

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