Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Culture
Take Your Pastor To Work

As I look out on my congregation on a Sunday morning, I notice that Roxanne is worshipping [...]

Columnist
To Anna, and All 3rd Grade Existentialists:

Last week, on one of those hazy, hot summer days, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Desperate

Dear Working Preacher, Narrative time bombs. That’s what Eugene Peterson once described parables as, and I think [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 129: Karoline Lewis

Professor Karoline Lewis reflects on the importance of having the [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching from a Manuscript is Not Heresy

I have a recurring nightmare in which I am in [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 128: Michael Curry

on preachers who have been “born of God”

Dear Working Preacher
Your Most Important Sermon

Dear Working Preacher, Would you believe me if I told you that the sermon you [...]

Culture
The Inherent Moral Worth of a Pelican

One of the most poignant images to emerge from the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Sometimes “The Point” Is Beside The Point

I must confess a prejudice. [...]

Columnist
Changing Words

For the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking. Sermons, funerals, Bible studies, Confirmation [...]