Homiletics Resources
Welcome to the Homiletics Chaplaincy Resources page. For a summary of the Sacred Communication content in the Chaplain Basic Officer Leader Course click here: CHBOLC Homiletics Smartbook. For the latest Advanced Sacred Comunication smart book for the Chaplain Captain Career Course click here: C4 Homiletics Smartbook.
Send comments and questions to the USACHCS Homiletics Subject Matter Expert.
Also, if you would like to download a video or manuscript for evaluation/coaching please send it on the following link.
Video/Manuscript Upload
How to Develop and Execute Homiletics Training
1. Examine the chaplain homiletics (ICTLs) on the Chaplaincy Task Analyst page.
2. Download the tasks from CAR or ATN that you would like to train. Input and search on the task number or task title in CAR or ATN.
3. Read the performance steps and performance measures from each task.
4. Use the outline from the performance steps to create your training.
5. Collaborate with the Homiletics Chaplain SME to enhance your training.
6. Use resources on this page to enhance your training.
7. Plan and resource your training in conjunction with your S3. Use the Orders Process.
8. Conduct the training using the Army Learning Model.
9. Look for a demonstration of competency in the learner to see if they meet the performance objective of the task.
10. Evaluate training using the AAR process.
Effective Coaching
Coaching is an integral part in supervising Chaplain's. More often than not the evaluation methods used by supervisory chaplains has been based on criticism as oppossed to coaching effective techniques which focuses on future perfomance. In order to effectively coach here are the latest tools that we are using at USACHCS: (Click on each of the forms) For supervisors and teammates to coach we use the: On Target Coaching Form. We even have an app for that! This is a FREE app available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Just click on your app store below to download.
On Target Coaching App
OR search "Tradoc On Target" and download this FREE app to all your moblie devices!
REMEMBER
All good evaluations begin by evaluating yourself. Click here for the latest self evaluation form: Coaching Self Evaluation Form.
Other forms that have been used in the past are Communication Coaching Form; Communication Coaching Short Form.
Funerals and Memorials
Funerals and memorials can seem daunting whenever we are called upon to perform them. But, as Chapalin's we know that this mission is one that must be done professionally and with diginity. Most of us have been given tools by our denomination to use, but in most cases they are not exhaustive. Click below at the following resources to help you prepare and honor the service that these Soldiers have given to their nation.
Dignity With Brevity
Honor the Dead Guide
VA Cemeteries (doc)
ATP 1-05.2
Additional Homiletical Resources
Books on Preaching/Homiletics
The books listed here are not endorsed by the US Government, Department of Defense, the US Army, or the US Army Chaplain Center & School. The US Government, it's agencies, and departments do not endorse a particular religion, or a certain religious approach to preaching. You should inquire with your religious denomination or center for education to learn more about preaching from your own faith tradition.
Preaching: Communicating in an Age of Skepticism by Tim Keller
Invitation to Biblical Preaching by Donald R. Sunukjian
Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines & Jim Shaddix
Should We Use Someone Else’s Sermon? Preaching in a Cut-and-Paste World by Scott Gibson
The Homiletical Plot: The Sermon as Narrative Art Form by Eugene Lowry
Preaching in an Age of Distraction by J. Ellsworth Kalas
Preaching with Purpose: The Urgent Task of Homiletics by Jay Adams
Preaching with Variety by Jeffrey Arthurs
Preaching with a Plan: Sermon Strategies for Growing Mature by Scott Gibson
Black Preaching: The Recovery of a Powerful Art by Henri Mitchell
Reverberation by Jonathan Leeman
The Preacher’s Portrait by John Stott
Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley and Lane Jones
Expository Apologetics by Voddie Baucham Jr.
Deep Preaching: Creating Sermons That Go Beyond the Superficial by J. Kent Edwards
A Vision for Preaching: Understanding the Heart of Pastoral Ministry by Abraham Kuruvilla
Doctrine That Dances: Bring Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life by Robert Smith Jr.
Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon by Bryan Chapell
Oneness Embraced: Through the Eyes of Tony Evans by Tony Evans
Biblical Preaching by Haddon W. Robinson
Preaching and Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Preaching with Cultural Intelligence by Matthew D. Kim
Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today by John Stott
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath
Speaking For Change: A Guide to Making Effective Friday Sermons by Wael Alkhairo
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson
HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations by Nancy Duarte
Expository Exultation by John Piper
Preaching as Reminding by Jeffrey Arthurs
Integrative Preaching by Kenton Anderson
The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help or Hurt How You Lead by Carol Goman
Pulpit Aflame edited by Joel R. Beeke and Dustin W. Benge
Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines and Jim Shaddix
Reformed Preaching by Joel R. Beeke