Month: May 2010

Dear Working Preacher
Extra/Ordinary Time

Dear Working Preacher, If you were to ask your congregation this Sunday how many of them know [...]

Columnist
Why I Don’t Always Preach the Expected Way

My daughter was part of a madrigal group in high [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 114: David Lose

David Lose thinks about our call to “hold up a [...]

Worship
What if our Assumptions about and Models for Preaching are Wrong? Part 1

In this essay, I want [...]

Culture
“Preaching the Bible and the News: Challenges and Opportunities”

Every working preacher out there [...]

Columnist
Images of God

In my neighborhood book club, which I adore because we’re such a sweet, quirky, yearning mixed bag [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 113: Matt Skinner

Matt talks about how we structure our sermons and provides [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Resurrecting the Trinity

Dear Working Preacher, Do you ever wonder if maybe, just maybe, doctrine is dead? Not dead in [...]

Columnist
The Gospel Blast-Off

Actually, digging for nuggets of insight and tapping people on the shoulder (see last two columns) are [...]

Theology and Interpretation
A Summer of Prophet Sharing

This summer, the lectionary gives preachers a wonderful opportunity to explore the Hebrew Prophets in [...]