5/21/2013 7:56 PM
David Lose
Dear Working Preacher,
I’ll be honest: I find Holy Trinity Sunday among the most difficult days of the year to preach. As I’ve said
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5/20/2013 8:00 AM
Patricia Tull
June brings the extraordinary time of summer harvest and outdoor enjoyment. But the lectionary enters “ordinary time,” offering semi-continuous
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5/13/2013 7:42 AM
Nathan Aaseng
Faith in God is supposed to bring new life, peace, understanding, and healing to creation. So why does it so often seem to bring the opposite? Why does
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5/12/2013 11:59 AM
David Lose
Dear Working Preacher,
Though I am normally cautious to generalize from my particular experience, when it comes to Pentecost I’m going to
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5/9/2013 7:00 AM
Rachel Wrenn
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
The Word did not become flesh and dwell behind a pulpit.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the use
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5/6/2013 8:00 AM
Kae Evensen
It turns out that the center of the Milky Way might smell like rum and taste a bit like raspberries. Ethyl formate, one of the molecules that gives raspberries
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5/5/2013 6:42 PM
David Lose
Dear Working Preacher,
What you do matters. I’ve said that before, and I’ll say it again.
Why?
Because it’s
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4/29/2013 4:45 PM
David Lose
Dear Working Preacher,
A quick but HUGE word of thanks before jumping into this week's readings. We met every challenge (netting an additional
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4/29/2013 9:58 AM
Melinda Quivik
Are preachers born or made? Melinda Quivik addresses this question and also talks about the importance of delivering a word that is deeply felt and life-giving. …
4/25/2013 8:25 AM
Jacob Myers
How many of us preachers actually
go
to the Bible anymore? Now this question has nothing to do with Bible-based preaching. The question arises from a lack
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4/22/2013 7:00 AM
Patricia Tull
God’s Spirit blows through most of the lectionary passages during this Pentecost month, from Psalm 104:30 (“When you send forth your spirit,
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4/21/2013 12:03 PM
David Lose
Before getting started, Working Preacher, a quick word of thanks: the response to both our new donor challenge and the Sermon Brainwave challenge (where
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4/17/2013 3:56 PM
Karoline Lewis
Hi Working Preacher, Karoline Lewis here. For over five years now WorkingPreacher.org has been a trusted source of inspiration, interpretation and imagination
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4/15/2013 5:07 AM
Nathan Aaseng
I experienced an uncomfortable moment recently when someone expressed admiration for my chosen vocation, which was characterized as “saving souls.” …
4/14/2013 9:09 PM
David Lose
Dear Working Preacher,
We need your help. We’re at a critical point in trying to make WorkingPreacher.org sustainable through the gifts of its users.
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