Dear Working Preacher
A Pentecost to Wait and Hope, Pray and Trust
The last time I wrote for this column was the [...]
Craft of Preaching
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 [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Swinging the Doors Wide Open
We can clearly see what the lectionary is doing this week! It’s all about the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Road to Emmaus Feels Longer This Year
One of the cruelest aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is [...]
Culture
Sabbath Lessons in Quarantined Time
For 12 years, I have been exploring the concept of [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Demanding that God Show Up
Well, here we are, dear Working Preacher, in the early days after Easter, having finished [...]
