Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Columnist
An Advent Rant?

Last year I swore off the customary Christmas rant against the secularization of Christmas. Let’s face it, [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 247: Mark Hanson

Mark Hanson talks about how the preacher responds to a [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Promise We’re All Invited Into

Dear Working Preacher, If this is John’s idea of good [...]

Worship
Preaching Time after Epiphany, Year C

Speaking of Epiphany itself, Augustine preached, “The one who altered [...]

Columnist
Out of Nowhere

My mom called and complained that “it had gotten down to forty degrees” in Los Angeles and [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 246: Eric Barreto

Eric Barreto talks about returning to the biblical text to [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Promise That’s Easy to Overlook

Dear Working Preacher, There’s an audacity to today’s Gospel reading [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching with Parkinson’s Disease

What I’ve learned that will make you a better preacher. [...]

Culture
A Review: Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith

Transforming the Nativity into a B-movie filled with monsters, magic, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Promise Big Enough to Save Us

Dear Working Preacher,  Thank you, thank you, thank you! First, [...]