Month: January 2012

Barbara Lundblad talks about “how-to” sermons.

Dear Working Preacher, I’ve got a radically simple outline for your sermon this week, and it can [...]

Are we, as preachers, tempted to take shortcuts when re-preaching familiar texts? The longer I [...]

Dear Working Preacher, Tell me the truth: don’t you just dread exorcism stories? I mean, if there’s [...]

Rolf Jacobson talks about facing the crisis of biblical illiteracy.

The dawn of a new year is a fascinating time to look at the Gospel story about [...]

I used to find it incredibly frustrating. The Sunday texts [...]

Teresa Fry Brown asks: “How has the biblical text been [...]

Dear Working Preacher, What would [...]