Columnist
Diapers, Ninja Turtles and Creativity
Most of what I know about creativity, I learned while [...]
Craft of Preaching
Columnist
A Disruptive Message
The first miracles were anything but sentimental schlock. When Lazarus was summoned from the tomb, when Jesus [...]
Theology and Interpretation
One Text or All?
Should the preacher of any given Sunday in a lectionary-using congregation focus his or her work on [...]
Sermon Development
The Four Ds: Discovery
There may be as many ways to get from text to sermon as there are preachers making [...]
Sermon Development
The Four Ds: Development
When asked how many points a sermon should have, my colleague, Michael Rogness, is fond of saying, [...]
Sermon Development
The Four Ds: Design
Talking about how to develop an idea toward a sermon, I suggested that the preacher explore what [...]
Sermon Development
The Four Ds: Delivery
One of the happy outcomes of good sermon preparation is that, when preachers are confident of their [...]
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“Feedback”
I’m thankful that I serve on a pastoral team for many reasons, among them that I don’t [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Why the Lectionary?
According to the Lukan account of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, when Jesus came to the synagogue [...]