Dear Working Preacher
Do Not Be Afraid
“Racism is not getting worse, it’s getting filmed,” said Will Smith in August 2016. Who could have [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
A Living Word when We Can’t Breathe
As you prepare for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 11), [...]
Worship
Nurture the Seed of Faith: Preaching Time after Pentecost in Year A (Part 1)
The church year continues with [...]
Dear Working Preacher
God with Us
The people of the world and your local community are suffocating under the weight of COVID-19, white [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Pentecost to Wait and Hope, Pray and Trust
The last time I wrote for this column was the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Prayer and Quarantine
Thanks for your faithful, consistent, diligent work to preach the good news. Thanks for giving shape to [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Time for Accompaniment
If ever we needed John’s pneumatology, it’s now. Into troubled hearts and heart-wrenching questions; into abandonment and [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Nature’s Warning
I live in Indiana near Louisville, Kentucky. Since mid-March, Kentucky’s governor Andy Beshear has offered an update [...]
Culture
A New Pentecost: Preaching Acts 2 in an American Context
Before the COVID-19 crisis struck [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Taking Refuge in the Goodness of God
The term “refuge” rings uniquely true in today’s world. Under [...]
