{"id":1374,"date":"2019-09-12T09:42:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T13:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=1374"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:00:26","slug":"robert-allan-hill","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/profile\/robert-allan-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Allan Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Allan Hill is the Dean of Marsh Chapel and a Professor of New Testament &amp; Pastoral Theology at Boston University. He is the author of seventeen books, including: <u>Charles River: Essays and Meditations for Daily Reading (2015).<\/u> His weekly sermon can be heard live at Marsh Chapel, and around the globe at wbur.org, Sundays at 11am. His recent preaching and speaking schedule has included the New England Annual Conference, the Baltimore Washington Annual Conference, Chautauqua Institution, Morehouse College, the GBHEM\\UMC <em>Missio Dei<\/em> Colloquy, and the UMC Lakeside Chautauqua, McGill University, and a number of pulpits across the country (Harvard Memorial, Foundry UMC, San Diego First UMC, Evanston First UMC, Asbury First UMC, and others).<\/p>\n<p>Dean Hill\u2019s religious leadership at Boston University (a community of 42,000 students, faculty and staff) across all of the 17 schools and colleges and involving the larger Boston community, is rooted and grounded in the historic pulpit of Marsh Chapel, Sunday morning at 11am. As Dean of the Chapel, he preaches most Sundays, leads the Marsh staff (35 full- and part-time persons in the areas of ministry, music and hospitality), gives oversight to all University religious life (7 University Chaplains, 26 religious life groups, and 22 campus ministers), provides prayers for various all University events (Commencement, Matriculation, other), meets with the Deans\u2019 Council, University Leadership Council, and University Leadership Group, and guides pastoral care for the community, through the chaplains\u2019 offices. In recent years several theology students have chosen to do their field work at Marsh. Marsh Chapel hosts 12 weekly worship services. About 2,500 people a week, during the school year, are present for worship, study or service in the chapel building. For more information, visit the Chapel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chapel\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hill is the author of seventeen books and teaches in the areas of New Testament and Pastoral Theology. Since 1981 he has taught in several schools including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/\">McGill University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syr.edu\/\">Syracuse University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemoyne.edu\/\">Lemoyne College<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crcds.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nes.edu\/\">Northeastern Seminary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.united.edu\/\">United Seminary<\/a><u>, Boston University<\/u>, and various church settings. His passionate interest lies at the intersection of Scripture and life, especially in the work of preaching. Hence his research has combined publication related to the Gospel of John and Gnosticism, on the one hand, and preaching in ministry, on the other. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Understanding-Relationship-Apocalypticism-Distinguished-Dissertations\/dp\/077342282X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1199228419&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>An Examination and Critique of the Understanding of the Relationship between Apocalypticism and Gnosticism in Johannine Studies<\/em><\/a> appeared in 1997, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snow-Day-Reflections-Practice-Northeast\/dp\/0761824928\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1199228472&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Snow Day: Reflections on the Practice of Ministry in the Northeast<\/em><\/a> was published in 2003. Most of his writing, however, has been devoted to weekly sermons, over forty-five years, in ten pulpits, some of which are collected, taped and published. Hill has taught Greek, New Testament, Preaching, the Practice of Ministry, Church Administration, Church Renewal, Pastoral Leadership, and other courses. His perspective on pastoral theology focuses on the special needs of the church in the Northeastern USA in the 21st Century. Publications in these areas include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Renewal-Thought-Robert-Allan-Hill\/dp\/0761846913\/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1300982400&amp;sr=1-5\"><em>Renewal: Thought, Word, and Deed<\/em> (2009)<\/a><u>, <\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Seeing-Heart-Devotions-Marsh-Chapel\/dp\/1935551965\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1300981131&amp;sr=8-4\"><em>Seeing with the Heart: Devotions from Marsh Chapel<\/em> (2010)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Prophetic-Protestant-Sermons-Americas-Iraq\/dp\/0773437517\/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1300981131&amp;sr=8-7\"><em>Prophetic Protestant Sermons on America\u2019s War in Iraq: Marsh Chapel, Boston University <\/em>(2010)<\/a><u>, Charles River (<em>2015), Parish Preaching (2016),and Toward a Common Hope: Chautauqua Lake Sermons (2018).<\/em><\/u>In addition, he has written three other collections of sermons, a book on Methodism, and a book on the Gospel of John, <em><u>The Courageous Gospel: John in Sermon, Lecture, Essay and Discussion (2013).<\/u><\/em> Hill has also written or co-authored and published a number of articles, chapters, sermons and essays.<\/p>\n<p>At Boston University School of Theology, Hill teaches one course in New Testament each year (usually fall term, and usually the Gospel of John), and one course in Pastoral Theology each year (usually spring term, and usually a course in Preaching or Pastoral Leadership). He participates in teaching courses for undergraduates of Boston University, on \u2018Vocation\u2019, and on the history of Boston University. The course on John differs from some other studies of Johannine literature in that it strongly, equally relies both on the Jewish background to the gospel (from Hill\u2019s study at Union\/NYC with J.L. Martyn and R.E. Brown) and on the Hellenistic (Gnostic?) background to the gospel (from Hill\u2019s study at McGill with F. Wisse and N.T.Wright.).<\/p>\n<p>Bob Hill has been preaching since 1976, including New York State appointments in New Hope, Scott, Forest Home Ithaca, Burke, Constable, Erwin Syracuse, Oran, Central Lakes District, and Asbury First Rochester, before coming in 2006 to Marsh Chapel, Boston). As an elder (Upper New York Conference) in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/\">United Methodist Church<\/a> he has had experience in ten local churches, five different annual conferences, multiple annual conference board assignments, General and Jurisdictional Conference participation, General Board membership (GBHEM), various speaking engagements, and denominational leadership discussions. His views of the present condition of the church, particularly in the Northeast, and prospects for ministry into the future, have provided a complementary perspective to that of some recent Northeastern UMC denominational leadership. His main denominational interests have been in Large Church ministry and Theological Education. Dr. Hill was given the Harry Denman award for Evangelism in 2003. Currently he serves on the Board of the New England Annual Conference United Methodist Foundation (and Executive Committee), the New England Annual Conference Stewardship Committee, the Board of Visitors of the Learning Project Elementary School (Back Bay, Boston), the Board of Visitors of Harvard Memorial Church, the Board of Hillel Boston University, and the Board of Harvard Epworth Wesley Foundation. He is an active member of the Boston Ministers\u2019 Club and the New Haven Theological Discussion Group, and an inactive Rotarian. He attends annual and regional meetings of SBL and AAR. He loves sports, and played basketball and soccer at the high school and college levels. His wife Jan is a musician and teacher, whose children\u2019s choir of The Learning Project Elementary School for many years sang regularly in Boston, most notably once a year in early May on the steps of Trinity Church, Copley Square. Bob and Jan have three grown children and eight grandchildren.<\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Books\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Bay State Road: \u00a0After Twenty Years (Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock Publishers), 2025) ISBN: 979-8-3852-5211-4<\/p>\n<p>The Charm of the Chapel (by Daniel Marsh); 75th Anniversary Edition: (Boston, MA; Boston University, 2025)<\/p>\n<p><em>Forthcoming 9\/25: <\/em>Bay State Road: 20 Marsh Chapel Sermons Over 20 Years<\/p>\n<p>Partnership In The Gospel: Seven Exercises in Liberal Biblical Theology (Eugene, Oregon:\u00a0 Wipf and Stock, 2024) ISBN: 978-1-6667-8204-2<\/p>\n<p>Appendix to Partnership in the Gospel (Hebraic, Johannine, Patristic, Theological, Historical)<\/p>\n<p>Salt City Prayers (Eugene, Oregon:\u00a0 Wipf and Stock, 2024) ISBN: 978-1-6667-8201-1<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">An Addressable Community<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2020), ISBN: 978-1-5326-8888-1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Toward a Common Hope: Chautauqua Lake Sermons <\/span><span class=\"s1\">(Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2018) ISBN: 978-1-5326-5741-2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Parish Preaching<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2016) ISBN: 978-1-4982-9745-5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Charles River: Essays and Meditations for Daily Living<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2015) ISBN:978-1-62564-981-2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">The Courageous Gospel<\/span><span class=\"s1\">: <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Resources for Teachers, Students and Preachers of the<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Fourth Gospel<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> <\/i>(Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2013), ISBN: 978-1-61097-3748<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">God\u2019s Hand to You: Sermons Preached by Rev. Irving G. Hill<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (private publication,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">edited with Nelson Family, 2013)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Signs of Hope in United Methodism <\/span><span class=\"s1\">(2013, E. Mellen electronic, currently available in electronic form at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chapel\"><span class=\"s4\">bu.edu\/<\/span>chape<\/a>l)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">In the Depths of the Depression: Sermons, Erwin United Methodist Church<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2011) ISBN: 978-1-61097-156-0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">A Village Green: Sermons from Asbury First UMC<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2011) ISBN: 978-1-61097-228-4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Seeing with the Heart: Devotions from Marsh Chapel<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (San Diego: Cognella, 2010)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ISBN: 978-1-935551-96-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Renewal: Thought, Word, and Deed<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Lanham, MD: Rowan and Littlefield\\Hamilton, 2009) ISBN: 0-7618-4691-3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Prophetic Protestant Sermons on America\u2019s War in Iraq<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2009) ISBN: 0-7734-3751-7<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Snow Day: Reflections on the Practice of Ministry in the Northeast: (<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003) ISBN: 0-7618-2492-8<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">An Examination and Critique of the Understanding of the Relationship Between Apocalypticism and Gnosticism in Johannine Studies<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1997) ISBN: 0-7734-2282-X<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Pastoral Preaching<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Syracuse: Church Center Printing, 1993).\u00a0<i>Out of print, but now included in <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Parish Preaching<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, <i>above.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Guide for New Members <\/span><span class=\"s1\">(Syracuse: Church Center Printing, 1992). <i>Out of print, but now included in <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s3\">An Addressable Community,<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> <i>above.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Articles, Papers, and Chapters<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><em>Forward: The Charm of the Chapel (Daniel Marsh), Second Edition, 2025 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Schism in the Methodist Church Explained (BU Today, May 2024)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>MSNBC 12\/31\/23 Future of United Methodism Article, MSNBC website<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>\u201cEchoes of Transformation: Reflections from the heart of the campus, Marsh Chapel\u201d, in <\/em>FOCUS, BUSTH, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>Forward, in, God Is\u2026: Meditations on the Purity of Grace, the Bliss of Surrender, and the God Beyond God, <\/em>Dr. Wesley Wildman, (Eugene, Oregon:\u00a0 Cascade, 2019), pps.ix-xvi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cOn Meeting Sin Again For The First Time\u201d, SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, ed. Dr. Jay Corrin, forthcoming (2018)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cNo Male and Female: Ruminations on The New Creation\u201d, UMC GBHEM Boston Colloquy, November 2017, published in <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Missio Dei and the United States: Toward a Faithful United Methodist Witness<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Nashville: GBHEM\\UMC, 2018) ISBN: 978-1-945935-37-4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cWesleyan Prayer: Q&amp;A with the Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill, Dean of Marsh Chapel\u201d, Upper New York Conference ADVOCATE, April 2017.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Law, Love, and Life: Conversations Theological and Musicological with Luther, Bach, and Schweitzer<\/i> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/iuc.r.mailjet.com\/redirect\/t3vbt9jcyv4tf2qck5blm3\/www.aarweb.org\/annual-meeting\"><span class=\"s6\">2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cNarrative Preaching for Advent and Christmas\u201d<\/i>, Boston University School of Theology e-magazine, STH Connect, December 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cFaith and Reason\u201d (<\/i>w. Katherine C. Hawkins), Research at Boston University, 2011 (or <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/research\"><span class=\"s7\">bu.edu\/research<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cThe Embodied Theory-Praxis Relationship: Two Voices on Vocation as a Practical Theologian and Pastor\u201d (<\/i>w\/S Cady, Boston APT conference, April 10, 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b><i>MOTIVES <\/i>e-magazine, the annual online publication of Marsh Chapel Boston University,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Volumes 1 (2009: Iraq) and 2 (2010: Darwin), RA Hill, general editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cRemembering Chalmers\u2019, Boston University School of the Theology FOCUS,\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\">December 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\"> <\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cThe Last Best Hope\u201d, <\/i>in MOTIVES e-magazine, the annual online publication of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Marsh Chapel, Boston University, April 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b> <i>\u201c<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Response to Virginia Tech: Religion and Ethics Weekly, April 20, 2007, PBS\\NYC.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<i>Hymns of the Heart<\/i>\u201d (4 Psalms) in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Quarterly Review<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> (winter 2004): Toward a Feminist Wesleyan Theology (<\/i>Nashville: Abingdon, 2004). ISSN: 0270-9287.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cGenerosity<\/i>\u201d, in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">First Fruits: 14 Sermons on Stewardship<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Nashville: Abingdon, 2003, ed. Mosser, Bauknight), ISBN: 0687-02512-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<i>Theological Education and the Renewal of the Church\u201d<\/i>, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Festschrift for Dr. Frederik Wisse <\/span><span class=\"s1\">(in honor of his 2004 retirement), (Montreal: McGill 2006)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cHelp from United Methodist Colleges for United Methodist Preacher&#8217;s Kids\u201d<\/i>\u00a0in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Circuit Rider<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (United Methodist Publishing House), 6\/92.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cAn Examination and Critique of the Understanding of the Relationship between Apocalypticism and Gnosticism in Johannine Studies\u201d<\/i>\u00a0in McGill <\/span><span class=\"s3\">ARC<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 10\/87.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201c<\/i><i>Five Questions about EMLC\u201d<\/i>\u00a0in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">The Circuit Rider<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (United Methodist Publishing House), 3\/87.<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Reviews<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>God Is\u2026: Meditations on the Purity of Grace, the Bliss of Surrender, and the God Beyond God, Dr. Wesley Wildman, (Eugene, Oregon:\u00a0 Cascade, 2019), forward, pps.ix-xvi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Evangelism After Christendom, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bryan Stone (2007, Circuit Rider Web Reviews, Ken Carter)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b> <\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">The End of Words, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Richard Lischer (2006, Circuit Rider Web Reviews, Ken Carter)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">The Logic of Renewal,<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> William J. Abraham in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Quarterly Review <\/span><span class=\"s1\">(winter, 2005) (Nashville: Abingdon, 2005).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Abortion and Divorce in Western Law<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, M. A. Glendon in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Circuit Rider<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (United Methodist Publishing House), 3\/90.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">The First Urban Christians<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, W. Meeks in McGill <\/span><span class=\"s3\">ARC<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 11\/83.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">The Fate of the Earth<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, J. Schell in McGill <\/span><span class=\"s3\">ARC<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 5\/83.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b>Book Cover Endorsements: W. Lawrence, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Ordained Ministry in the United Methodist Church<\/span><span class=\"s1\">; A.\\J. Fitz-Gibbon, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Secular Monasticism: A Journey<\/span><span class=\"s1\">; F. Rich, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Christian Nation<\/span><span class=\"s1\">; C. Garner, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">As the Spirit Moves: Daily Devotional.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sermons and Other:\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>2023 Boston University Baccalaureate Address, May 2023<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn Robinson Presentation, April 2023<\/p>\n<p>2022-23 Annual McGill University Lecture, October 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b>2019 Spring\/Summer speaking, preaching, teaching: Florida, Texas, California, Ohio, New<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> York (upstate and down), and New England related to the current condition of the UMC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b>Three Sermons and Three Lectures, New England Annual Conference, June 14-16, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b>Eight Sermons at Chautauqua Institution, August 6-12, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">Seven Lectures at the Advent Day Apart for Clergy, Baltimore Washington Conference, on the theme: <i>\u201c<\/i>Precursors\u201d, November 16, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cExit or Voice?\u201d, Harvard Memorial Church, March 22, 2014, and, Asbury First UMC, April 6, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b>\u201cThe Wall of Fame Award\u201d, Nottingham High School, Syracuse, NY, October, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cRev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers Induction\u201d, Morehouse College, Atlanta,<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Georgia, April 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cTwo Kinds of Confidence\u201d, Harvard Memorial Church, February, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b> <\/b>\u201cAn Embraceable Variant: John 17:3\u201d, Sermon, Trinity United Methodist Church, Albany, NY, June 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe View from Ellis Island\u201d, Sermon, Concord MA Trinitarian Congregational Church,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">September 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAn Embraceable Variant\u201d, Sermon, New Hartford First UMC, July 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b>\u201cYoung Man Jesus \u201c, Sermon, Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge, MA, January 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDiversity\u201d, RIM Annual Celebration Address, Old South Church, Boston MA, May 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Embodied Theory-Practice Relationship: Two Voices on Vocation as Practical Theologian and Pastor\u201d (w\/S Cady), Paper Presented, The Association For Practical Theology, Boston, MA, April 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA Call to the Ministry\u201d, Sermon, Chicago Temple UMC, Chicago ILL, March 2010<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p11\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAn Improvisational Gospel\u201d, Conference Sermon, 2009 Baltimore Washington Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Baltimore, June 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p11\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Day\u2019s Own Trouble\u201d, The Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Commencement Address, Evanston First UMC, May 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThoughts on Theological Education and Pastoral Excellence\u201d. The Boston Ministers\u2019 Club Monthly Paper, March 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cCold Mountain\u201d,\u201cThree Shades Of Joy\u201d,\u201cThe Spirit Of Truth: Consecration\u201d, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">GoodPreacher.com 2008<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0(an Internet preaching resource that is affiliated with <i>Lectionary Homiletics<\/i>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTwo Kinds of Battles\u201d, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Lectionary Homiletics (2008)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b> <\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTwo Kinds of Christmas\u201d, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Lectionary Homiletics (2008)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cResponse to Karen Armstrong\u201d. The Noble Lectures, Harvard <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Memorial Church, November 15, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"> \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Two Kinds of Confidence\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Lectionary Homiletics <\/span><span class=\"s1\">(2007)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSermon the Mound\u201d, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington DC. July 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur Space: Toward A Constructive Theology of Common Ground\u201d, Asbury First<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> United Methodist Church, <i>Robert Allan Hill Lecture Series<\/i>, Rochester NY, May 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Abingdon Preacher\u2019s Almanac<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (2006, 2009). ed. D. Mosser, six sermons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cPsalms: Hymns of the Heart\u201d, Four Lectures, Grand Island Trinity United\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Methodist Church, Grand Island, NY, March 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTheological Education and Church Renewal\u201d, address, St Paul School of Theology,\u00a0<\/span>Kansas City, March 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA Famine of the Word?\u201d, sermon, Bloomington First United Methodist Church,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bloomington, IN, June 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA Tradition of Principled Resistance\u201d, sermon, San Diego First United Methodist\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Church, San Diego, January 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Sermon Series at Asbury First, Rochester, NY: Valediction (2006); Empire Spirit (2005); Twilight Gospel (2004); An Addressable Community (2003); Once More to the Lake: (2002); Promise of the Gospel (2001); A Village Green: (2000); The Fruit of the Spirit (1999).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">Voices for a New Day<\/span><span class=\"s1\">: An Introduction to Homiletics<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (D. Moore video, Syracuse New York, 1999)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe New Creation\u201d. Four Lectures on Galatians. Western New York Conference<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Teacher, Houghton College, June 1999<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cThe Voice of an Angel\u201d, North Central New York Conference Clergy Session,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Syracuse, May 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cThe Stranger\u201d, sermon, North Central New York Pastors\u2019 School,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Watson Homestead, NY, September 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Editorial Page Column: <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Democrat &amp; Chronicle<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Rochester, NY), 1997 \u2013 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">In the Depths of the Depression<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Syracuse: Erwin Publishing, 1993)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span><span class=\"s3\">The UMC in the 21st Century<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Syracuse: Erwin Publishing, 1992)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHumility\u201d, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Circuit Rider Sermon Series<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, June 1989 (United Methodist Publishing House).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cSigns of Hope in Methodism\u201d, sermon, Syracuse District Clergy Gathering, October 1988<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Newsletter: <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Epworth News<\/span><span class=\"s1\">: A Quarterly Student Newsletter in the Wesleyan Tradition (NCNY Conference, BHEM, 1985-1989).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s3\">A Guide for New Members<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> (Syracuse: Church Center Printing, 1986).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">See also: BU Today, 2006-present, various articles and interviews, including pieces on The Gospel of John, on Methodism and Gay People, on the history of Methodism and Boston University, and others. 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