Month: June 2018

Theology and Interpretation
Guest Preaching in an Age of ‘Too Political’

As a preacher, I realize I should open with some [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Lesson from Mark

We preachers are intercalators. Maybe at some point in time, we learned to be so from Mark. [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 343: Otis Moss III on the Preacher’s Notebook

Using an imagination notebook when [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Crossing the Kingdom

Transitions matter. “On that day” — on what day, exactly? Inquiring minds want to know, Mark. Well, [...]

Theology and Interpretation
God’s Open Hand

Several weeks of Gospel texts this summer read John 6, beginning with the story of Jesus’ feeding [...]

Dear Working Preacher
On Trusting

“The earth produces on its own.” Thank God, literally. Every once in a while Jesus gives us [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Complicated Relationships

When a new friend learns I’m an only child, they [...]

Word Forgive written in white on cement floor
Columnist
Preaching about Sin and Forgiveness

Two brief stories illustrate the difficulty of preaching about sin [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Out of Our Minds

“Out of his mind.” That seems about right when it comes to perceptions of what we believe, [...]