5/18/2018 5:41 PM
Karoline Lewis
Confession time -- I am not a systematic theologian. So when it comes to saying something about the Trinity, the theological hairs on the back of my head …
5/15/2018 12:00 AM
Joseph Yoo
Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman?” - Luke 7:44a
I am a Korean-American and have served in predominately …
5/14/2018 5:06 PM
Karoline Lewis
Pentecost Sunday. A rather troubling misnomer, after all. Because even though we know in theory that the Spirit was never meant to be contained to one Sunday …
5/9/2018 7:16 AM
Rachel Wrenn
Graduate Recognition Sunday.
Just the mention is enough to give you THE SHIVERS,[1] isn’t it?
Not for every church, and not for every grad. It’s …
5/6/2018 9:14 PM
Karoline Lewis
Back in February, I was the presenter at a woman’s retreat, my fourth year in a row with a group of women from this particular church. The retreat …
5/3/2018 12:00 AM
Bradley E. Schmeling
Maybe we should pay for the high school trumpet player’s music lessons so we can keep the trumpet sounding for the great fifty days of Easter. I learned …
4/29/2018 12:23 PM
Karoline Lewis
Dear Working Preachers, so much in this passage on which to preach! Joy, love one another, laying down your life for your friends, I chose you, bear fruit, …
4/26/2018 12:00 AM
Angela Denker
Dear Preachers,
We need to talk. And by “we,” -- I mean, you and me.
For far too long, we (and by we, I mean you and me) have been diminishing …
4/23/2018 9:09 AM
Karoline Lewis
“Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.” - John …
4/17/2018 12:00 AM
Patricia Tull
Three truths about humans living within a wider created world stand out frequently in the Psalms and elsewhere in the Bible. Each of these calls humans …
4/15/2018 10:22 PM
Karoline Lewis
What does “good” mean? An ambiguous adjective is a rather uncomfortable affair. One person’s “good” is not necessarily mine, …
4/12/2018 12:00 AM
Jennifer Chrien
[This article is co-authored by Jessica Davis.]
“They cried to the Lord in their trouble, and Ze delivered them from their distress; Ze brought them …
4/10/2018 10:25 AM
Nathan Aaseng
This month, I invite you to explore with me a time-honored, traditional stewardship approach that has made me increasingly uncomfortable. My problem is …
4/9/2018 10:39 AM
Karoline Lewis
“You are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:48).
Notice, Dear Working Preachers, Jesus’ address to the disciples is not, “you …
4/1/2018 3:13 PM
Karoline Lewis
What is it that we need to see to believe? To believe that death has indeed been overcome? To believe the promises of the resurrection here and now? To …