Month: December 2007

Columnist
“Feedback”

I’m thankful that I serve on a pastoral team for many reasons, among them that I don’t [...]

Culture
Crash, Babal, Damages, Lost, John from Cincinnati

Recently there have been a number of films and TV [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Why the Lectionary?

According to the Lukan account of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, when Jesus came to the synagogue [...]

Columnist
Blessing

As I write this, a fire near my home in Southern California is consuming the earth. The [...]

Columnist
Wrestling With God

A while back I was struggling with the lectionary text of Genesis 32, the famous all-night wrestling [...]

Theology and Interpretation
New Year’s Resolutions for Preachers
Worship
Using Hymns – in Addition to the Sermon – to Tell the Christmas Story

A poorly delivered sermon can [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Scandal and the Glory of the Incarnation

Given the bland sentimentality that [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching from Matthew’s Gospel: Some Issues to Anticipate in Sermon Preparation

One of the potential problems [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching from Matthew’s Gospel: Major Themes and Forms of Teaching

The evangelist who wrote the [...]