Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Dear Working Preacher
Beyond Righteousness

Dear Working Preacher, There’s a tragedy unfolding in this week’s gospel reading that’s easy to miss. It’s [...]

Columnist
All It Takes

Sometimes all it takes is one voice to point out the obvious. And sometimes, all one has [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Justice

Dear Working Preacher, Who could be against justice, right? I mean, come on, if there’s one thing [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 134: Teresa Fry Brown

When does the preaching moment begin?

Culture
The Trouble with Miracles

“[P]roclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable” (4.2). Six months [...]

Culture
Word Wrangling

The writer of 2 Timothy warns the hearers and readers of his letter against wrangling over words. [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Cataract Surgery

Dear Working Preacher, You know how some images just stick with you? Here’s one description of the [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 133: David Lose

David speaks on the multiple ways that sermons should be [...]

Columnist
One Faithful Life

It’s a terrible and difficult thing for our world to lose someone as beautiful as Ella. Someone [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Faith

Dear Working Preacher, Kerygma vs. Didache  — do you remember learning that distinction? Since the publication of [...]