SITE PURPOSE

Festal Pulpit offers homiletical commentary on the non-Gospel texts for the six principal festivals of the Christian Church Year:  Christmas; Epiphany; Easter; Ascension: Pentecost and Holy Trinity.  Text listings are taken from the Revised Common Lectionary. (Louisville:  Abingdon Press, 1992).

The material on this site is copyrighted by Susan K. Hedahl and is free for public use.  The author is a Professor of Homiletics at Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary; 61 Seminary Ridge; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA 17325.  Contact: shedahl@ltsg.edu

This site is intended to link with the 2012 Fortess Press publication of the book by Susan K. Hedahl: PROCLAMATION AND CELEBRATION, which covers in detail these festivals.   Each festival is discussed in terms of its history, Gospel text and doctrinal history with numerous suggested homiletical strategies.  This text may be purchased through Fortress Press or on Amazon.