Theology and Interpretation
Pandemic, Race, and Environmental Justice
In my column two months ago, “Nature’s Warning,” I reflected [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Rest for Your Soul
Dear Working Preacher, How are you? No, really, how are you? How is it with your heart, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Risk Worth Taking
Dear Working Preacher, Thanks for all you do to proclaim the gospel in this broken world. For [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]