Craft of Preaching

Worship
Lenten Addictions

Lent is the time in the liturgical year when preachers, for better or worse, are more apt [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 210: Brian McLaren

Brian talks about the place of preaching within the rest [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Love or Justice?

Dear Working Preacher, Sometimes you just have to choose. The biblical witness is varied, even complex, and [...]

Columnist
Marriage and the Art of our Mortality

There are two kinds of pastors: those who love presiding [...]

Culture
Ask Pastor Paul

One of the great challenges of preaching — and perhaps ministry more generally — is getting outside [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 209: John Nunes

John Nunes reflects on the benefits the challenges and opportunities [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Beyond the God-Box

Dear Working Preacher, Where is God? Where, that is, do you expect to meet God, to experience [...]

Columnist
“Your Kid Did What?!”

During a recent sermon, I told a story that featured [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 208: Matt Skinner

Matt Skinner on the challenges of preaching familiar text and [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Disappointment with God

Dear Working Preacher, We have before us this week an invitation to take up a topic in [...]