Dear Working Preacher
Reasons to Be Joyful
There are lots of mountains in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus is tempted by Satan on one [...]
Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet
Dear Working Preacher
But I Say to You
“You have heard it said … but I say to you” is a homiletic all its own. [...]
Sermon Development
Stories We Tell One Another
I recently finished work on an MFA in Creative Writing—that is, I graduated with a [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Prophetic Singing
During the deadly blizzards in Buffalo last December, one man whose life was in peril from the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
How Not to Be Shaken
To have this week’s texts before me, it might seem an odd choice to write on the [...]
Sermon Development
First Words: What the Beatitudes Tell Us about Jesus as a Preacher
“Guess what the first words [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Good News Delivers Us
Dear Working Preacher, A belated and blessed New Year and Epiphany to you. And thank you for [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Beloved of God
To be truly and deeply loved is perhaps the most profound experience that all people long for, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Watch What Happens
When Christians ponder the last leg of Advent and the arrival at Christmas, generally it’s Luke’s time [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Advent Perception
What makes biblical preaching so powerful (and sometimes so controversial) is its capacity to reconfigure a congregation’s [...]