Dear Working Preacher
Breathing
Happy Pentecost, Dear Working Preachers! If you have been reading my column these past years or are [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Teach Us to Pray
Preaching the Gospel of John remains a challenge for many, Dear Working Preachers. A number of reasons [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Bathsheba and Preaching in the #MeToo Era
For over a decade, I’ve been researching the various ways [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Keep My Words
“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words.” This past week was the 27th Festival [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Real Love
Love is hard. So very hard. If you don’t think so, just look at what the Revised [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching While White
Living in Atlanta, Georgia, has challenged this Midwesterner in many ways. Pollen, for one! Even more, experiencing [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Good Shepherd Perspective
I will never forget the first time I saw a real shepherd. I was leading [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + End of Life
When people ask what I do, I am reluctant to say I am a hospice chaplain. My [...]
Dear Working Preacher
‘Do You Love Me?’
Right on the heels of Thomas, we have the story of Peter, another character in [...]