Month: April 2014

Dear Working Preacher
Broken Before Burning

Dear Working Preacher, The Emmaus story is one of my favorites. Part of that, as I mentioned [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Bible to Those Who Have Never Read It

Blockbuster films and scandalous exposé-style [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Power of a Good Question

Dear Working Preacher, I tend to think that our best sermons arise from our questions. [...]

Columnist
Courage to Follow, Courage to Lead

Few people thrive on conflict. Yet leadership can bring us [...]

Columnist
The Year of Matthew or When Small Birds Return

Without small birds, the world would be very quiet. In [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Easter Courage

Dear Working Preacher, There are moments when it feels like Matthew is almost working at cross purposes. [...]

Columnist
The Footwasher’s Hall of Fame

I hate being wrong. I really hate being wrong in [...]

Sermon Development
Crowd-Sourced Preaching

Preachers, when preparing to preach, have been getting help and insights from other sources almost from the [...]

Videos
Luke 10: Who Is My Neighbor?

Matt Skinner, associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary,  discusses the Samaritan parable in [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Question of the Day

Dear Working Preacher, A few years ago I was visiting a congregation in downtown Washington, D.C. on [...]