Dear Working Preacher
You Gotta Serve Somebody
On texts for Aug. 22, 2021 | Ordinary 21 | RCL Year B No other verse dominates [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Proclaim the Poetry
Dear Working Preacher, Thanks for all that you do to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. [...]
Preaching Series
Worship
Earth Sunday: Preaching Season of Creation (1B)
Editor’s Note: Each week in August Working Preacher will publish commentaries that [...]
Dear Working Preacher
God Draws Us In
The Bible is full of stories in which God provides bread and provisions to people afflicted by [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Build Up the Body of Christ
Many years ago, when I was finishing up my seminary studies, I wanted to do [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Leadership that Liberates
Have you wondered why the Bible keeps returning to criticize bad leaders and warn about [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Bread of Heaven
The 2020 film Kiss the Ground, narrated by Woody Harrelson, portrays “regenerative farming,” a relatively new practice [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Listen for God’s Prophetic Word
This week’s thematic lectionary reading from the book of Amos [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Scandal at the Heart of the Gospel
Dear Working Preacher, Thank you for all you do to [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Unimaginable
There is a song in the musical “Hamilton” that always brings tears to my eyes. It’s the [...]