Month: June 2017

Worship
What? Sermons by Committee?

Sometimes I’m struck by how much I don’t know about the lives of the people [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Welcome

“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” It’s one [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 339: Michael Brown On Preaching in Spirit

Michael Brown talks about preaching [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Not Peace but a Sword

“Not peace but a sword.” I resist this saying of Jesus. I resist it a lot, not [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Jumpstart the Conversation this Summer

Last week I sat with members of a tall-steeple church [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Laborers Are Few

“Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.” What would the world look [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 340: Eunjoo Mary Kim Preaching on Nature

Eunjoo Mary Kim offers her [...]

Columnist
Delivered with Love, From Me to You

On Confirmation Sunday, I was reminded once again of an [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Trinitarian Difference

Trinity Sunday is a hard one to figure out. Any sermon that tries to explain the Trinity [...]