Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher, If there ever was a festival day that invited a change of readings, surely [...]

I do not yet have a cure for what I call the Saturday Night Fever: that weirdness [...]

Schmit discusses the shortcomings of leaning on resources.

Author’s note: Because I am writing on the All Saints’ passage this year, Working Preacher, I’ve [...]

Facebook and blogs have put into sharp relief an old but troubling American tradition.  Political discourse in [...]

Mark was conspicuously absent that Reformation morning. Reformation Day was his favorite church festival, a day on [...]

Dear Working Preacher, There’s a tragedy unfolding in this week’s gospel reading that’s easy to miss. It’s [...]

Pastor Charles considers ways for the preacher to bring the [...]

Dear Working Preacher, Who could be against justice, right? I mean, come on, if there’s one thing [...]