Theology and Interpretation
Read Before Preaching: Forming Communities of Resistance (2 of 3)
Ed. note: This is the [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Liberating Sabbath
Luke closely associates Jesus’ public ministry with both the sabbath and the synagogue, beginning already in Luke [...]
Preaching Series
A Thriving Community of Resistance (1 of 3)
“Liberation is not a catch phrase—but is at the heart [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Jesus’ Ministry of Fire
If consensus exists around anything today in American society, it is that we are afflicted [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Sleeping with Makeup On
I read recently that Dolly Parton leaves her makeup on all night when she’s away from home. [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Poor Fool
This is one of those weeks when preachers find a text pretty easy to interpret but the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Who Taught You How to Pray?
It’s a very personal, intimate thing, one’s prayer life. Getting started at praying is less [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Now Is the Time
Be careful with this one, Dear Working Preachers. The story of Mary and Martha in Luke’s Gospel [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Just Ask
The Good Samaritan. The ubiquity of this passage in society and in our shared discourse is more [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Shake Off the Dust
For the first time in my life, this past week I was trolled on Facebook. To be [...]