Dear Working Preacher
Truthiness vs. Truth-telling
“You will know the truth and the truth will make you free.” I cannot read [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Trap Questions
Thank you for what you do to preach the Word of God, in season and out of [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Indictments
The last time I contributed a “Dear Working Preacher” column, I insisted that sermons have to set [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Calling a Thing What It Actually Is
Do you know that Mahalia Jackson song, Rusty Old Halo? [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The New Math of the Kingdom of God
Thank you for the work you do to preach the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Forgiveness Is at the Core
It was an astonishing thing to see. A young black man sat in the witness [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Seeing Nature through Children’s Eyes
Last Christmas my son, a school principal in Miami, announced [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Opening the Door to Reconciliation
In 2019, Jia Tolentino (staff writer at The New Yorker) [...]
Worship
Gospel Joy: Preaching Time after Pentecost in Year A (Part 2)
Preaching in these strange times [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Security or Stumbling Block?
“From this moment on …” This phrase has richer meaning for some of your listeners [...]
