Month: January 2008

Theology and Interpretation
The Preacher as Student

The Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann describes the objective of his teaching and scholarship about as well [...]

Culture
Artists and Preachers

Preachers are not a favorite subject for visual artists over the Christian millennia, but there are depictions [...]

Columnist
Prose-colored Glasses

There is a file on my desktop called “Sermon Stories.” The idea of this file is to [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching On Ash Wednesday

As ashes are applied to the forehead on Ash Wednesday, a Biblical phrase is said [...]

Worship
Preaching During Lent

Preaching during Lent may be a little more challenging than usual because this year, Easter falls on [...]

Columnist
Diapers, Ninja Turtles and Creativity

Most of what I know about creativity, I learned while [...]

Columnist
A Disruptive Message

The first miracles were anything but sentimental schlock. When Lazarus was summoned from the tomb, when Jesus [...]

Theology and Interpretation
One Text or All?

Should the preacher of any given Sunday in a lectionary-using congregation focus his or her work on [...]

Theology and Interpretation
One Text at a Time, Please
Sermon Development
The Four Ds: Discovery

There may be as many ways to get from text to sermon as there are preachers making [...]