Dear Working Preacher
A Call Story
I’ve had a persistent problem with this passage. First blush was always suspicion and resentment. I mean, [...]
Month: January 2018
Dear Working Preacher
“What Is This?”
“They kept on asking each other, what is this? A new teaching?” There’s the rub of the [...]
Preaching Series
The Call to “I AM”: A Five-Part Lenten Series
Working Preacher’s Lenten Series this year focuses on the “I [...]
Sermon Development
Nevertheless She Preached
When the news broke that my Baptist seminary would be hosting a lecture by a [...]
Dear Working Preacher
You Are Never Alone
This past week, I had an appointment with my therapist whom I had not seen in eight [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching on Faith + Science
“I’m not qualified to preach on science and faith.” This statement is more common than [...]
Dear Working Preacher
An Epiphany Way of Life
If you are a regular listener of Sermon Brainwave, you have come to expect that my co-hosts [...]
Sermon Development
New Year’s Resolutions for Preachers
Twelve resolutions for preachers, in no particular order: Show your [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Epiphany Preaching
Every three years, when Year B rolls around in the lectionary, my podcast co-hosts and I inevitably [...]