Great Preachers Keep Growing.
You preach every week. But how often do you actually get to work on your preaching?
Books give you ideas. Conferences inspire you. But becoming a better preacher takes practice, honest feedback, and people who help you see what you can’t see on your own.
That’s what the Preaching Lab is for. Six weeks alongside seven other pastors, working on real sermons, sharpening your craft, and building a process that makes you better every week.
Not another preaching course. A place to work on your preaching.
- Starts
- January 25
- Calls
- 3 Thursdays, 2pm PT
- Group
- 8 pastors
Not sure where you need to grow? Take the free Preaching Diagnostic →
Preaching every week is hard to get better at.
- It's Saturday night and you're still finishing the sermon.
- You know what the text says. You're less sure what the sermon is about.
- Prep takes most of your week and crowds out everything else.
- You can't tell whether you're actually getting better.
Five things you'll keep using.
Everything you build in the lab is yours, shaped around your church, your schedule, and the way you preach.
A preparation rhythm that works
A day-by-day prep schedule that fits your real week, so the sermon is ready before Saturday night.
A framework for clearer sermons
A repeatable structure from text to close that you can trust every week and adapt when the text calls for it.
A way to find your sermon’s big idea
A simple way to name the one thing each sermon is trying to say, before you write a word of it.
Honest feedback on a real sermon
Bring a sermon you're about to preach. The group works on it with you, and you preach the better version that Sunday.
A process for continuous improvement
A short weekly review so every sermon teaches you something for the next one.
How the three calls work.
Each call is on Zoom, Thursdays at 2pm Pacific. Between calls, you try it in your own church.
- Call 1 · Jan 28
Define Reality
Discover what’s helping and hurting your preaching.
We’ll examine your current preparation process, evaluate a recent sermon, and identify the areas where growth could make the biggest difference.
- Call 2 · Feb 11
Design the Future
Build a better way to prepare and preach.
Develop a preparation rhythm that fits your life, sharpen how you move from biblical text to sermon, and build a process you can use every week.
- Call 3 · Feb 25
Put It to Work
Make a real sermon better.
Bring a sermon you’re preparing. We’ll work through it together, apply what you’ve learned, and establish a feedback process that keeps you growing.
- After Easter
New Reality
Evaluate your progress. Keep getting better.
We’ll reconnect after Easter to evaluate what’s changed, identify what’s working, and refine your process for the months ahead.
Preach better sermons by Easter.
The lab runs January 25 to March 7, with calls on January 28, February 11, and February 25. Eight seats. Enrollment closes January 18.