Dear Working Preacher
Life on the Other Side of Catastrophe
The paired Old Testament reading for this week sets us [...]
Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet
Dear Working Preacher
A Parable of Lost Chickens
As I write this, I’m sitting in the middle of a pile of boxes and [...]
Dear Working Preacher
No Turning Back
While I’m writing this post, “quiet quitting” is the Internet’s fascination and furor of the moment. As [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Be Present at Our Tables
Dear Working Preachers, What’s your hook this week? Will it be a clickbait styled one liner: Seduced [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Sabbath Healing, Sabbath Rest
Our texts for this week speak of healing—physical healing, spiritual healing, societal healing. I hope [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Tell the Story Slant
It might seem advantageous that this Sunday’s text is about an exchange between a lawyer and God’s [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Called Together
The news lately here in the United States (apologies to our many international readers) has been full [...]
Dear Working Preacher
An Incarnational Calling
In Luke 9, Samaritan villagers make it clear that Jerusalem-bound Jesus is unwelcome among them. James and [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Glimpse of What God Yet Will Do
Republicans won’t budge on guns. And women and children are [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Life of Promise
When folks complain to me about how violent the Old Testament is, I first like to remind [...]