11/13/2018 9:30 AM
Melissa Pohlman
The men’s Bible study and breakfast crew were all over 70 years old. One morning we went around the circle and shared our “poor foods,” …
11/11/2018 11:12 AM
Karoline Lewis
The idolatry of grandeur is a perennial problem for us. We might even say it is a constant crisis of the human condition. We can’t seem to bypass …
11/6/2018 9:30 AM
Rachel Wrenn
Preaching regularly is a grind. But what about preaching under pressure?
Picture this:
Sunday. About 15 minutes after the last worship of the day has …
11/4/2018 9:30 PM
Karoline Lewis
Before you hold up the widow in Mark 12:41-44 as the ultimate example of generosity during this stewardship season. Before you suggest that her donation …
10/29/2018 10:25 AM
Karoline Lewis
Dear Working Preachers, again this week I am going to straddle two Sundays, All Saints Sunday and the 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Because the brief passage …
10/22/2018 8:44 AM
Karoline Lewis
“Take courage, get up, he is calling you.”
Whether you are preaching this Sunday on Bartimaeus or with a Reformation celebration in mind, this …
10/17/2018 9:30 AM
Patricia Tull
One of our sons-in-law works in plant pathology. Recently he took us to visit the lab and greenhouse where he works to discover the genetic makeup of various …
10/14/2018 12:57 PM
Karoline Lewis
“Be careful what you wish for.” We are all too familiar with this phrase and have a pretty good idea of what it means -- you may very well get …
10/8/2018 9:50 AM
Karoline Lewis
“You lack one thing.” There is great irony in Jesus’ statement, isn’t there? We can likely assume that given his wealth, his many …
10/2/2018 9:30 AM
Collette Broady Grund
Jesus said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, …
10/1/2018 10:48 AM
Karoline Lewis
There are certain texts that once read out loud in worship, in the midst of a faith community, demand then to be preached. The lection from Mark this week …
9/25/2018 10:25 AM
Karoline Lewis
If it sounds like Jesus is coming down hard on the disciples, well, it should.
We have a tendency not to like this Jesus, this Jesus who seems to mean …
9/25/2018 9:10 AM
Bradley E. Schmeling
Every preacher has his or her own personal anxiety dream. Mine is that I’m standing in the pulpit for the reading of the gospel, only to realize there’s …
9/18/2018 9:30 AM
David Lower
As a preacher regularly stirred by reading and interpreting the Bible collaboratively with church members, I began exploring an entirely collaborative sermon …
9/17/2018 11:13 AM
Karoline Lewis
The relevance of Scripture continues to amaze me.
The many stories and illustrations we think we need to invigorate our sermons, to make them more interesting, …