Dear Working Preacher
Right or Righteous?
You read the text for this week and they sound so familiar. Maybe, you sense the sermon [...]
Craft of Preaching
Worship
Conversion and New Life: Preaching Lent in Year A
Year A immerses the congregation into the captivating readings from [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Shine On, You Working Preachers
You are the light of the world. Not Jesus, but [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dwell in Possibility
This week brings us a set of familiar, “classic” texts. I suppose that for any congregation that [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Beautiful Community
Dear Working Preacher, Epiphany greetings to you! And thanks for what you do, preaching the word in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Embodying Epiphany
These days I am wondering how much Epiphany reveals about us. Granted, Epiphany is about Jesus, what [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Baptism: A disruptive reminder
In just one week, 2020 has already turned into an [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Alpha and Omega
It is the first Sunday of the New Year. For most households in the Western world, Christmas [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Practicing Gratitude
Searching for Christmas gifts for the youngest members of our family, I came across a “gratitude journal,” [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Herod, Too, Is the Reason for the Season
In his arresting Advent sermon “The Coming of Jesus in [...]