Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Dear Working Preacher
Commissioned Yet Again

Dear Working Preacher, For years I’ve enjoyed calling John the “oddball gospel” because of its many idiosyncrasies. [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 263: Anthony Bailey

Anthony Bailey talks about preaching as a testimony that “brings [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Never-Ending Story

Dear Working Preacher, At our annual Celebration of Biblical Preaching in October 2011, Walter Brueggemann suggested that [...]

Worship
Preaching Pranks: A Wise Fool Proclaims the Gospel

Do you yearn to open [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 262: David Lose

David Lose on the value of personal stories that illuminate [...]

Dear Working Preacher
If It’s Not Hard to Believe, You’re Probably Not Paying Attention!

Dear Working Preacher, One of [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 261: Mary Hinkle Shore

Mary Hinkle Shore talks about what it means for a [...]

Worship
Preaching on Illness: Healing Services (Part 2 of 2)

Why healing services? And what [...]

Columnist
Do the Math

Environmental writer Bill McKibben has been working to bring climate change to the forefront of the U.S. [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A More Important Question

Dear Working Preacher, We are close, now, to the end. For the last five weeks [...]