Dear Working Preacher
When Resurrection Matters
Happy Easter, Dear Working Preachers! As I write this, I am wondering which resurrection narrative [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
A Very Holy Week
Dear Working Preachers, I suspect that your Holy Week plans and preaching are well in place by [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Loved Into Future
I wonder if in this moment, when Jesus is being loved with a grace upon grace kind [...]
Preaching Series
Preaching Acts in Easter (Year C)
Easter preaching has to be imaginative preaching. It has to [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Resentful Story
A familiar parable such as the Prodigal Son should invite a wealth of perspectives. We might think [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching About Racism in Lent
The emotions of Lent: what feelings are evoked from putting [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Fig Trees and Repentance
“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Determination
“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go [...]
Sermon Development
Being Yourself vs. Using Yourself
I was recently gifted a copy of the sarcastic, crude, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Identity Test
The problem with Jesus’ testing in Matthew, Mark, and Luke is how quickly we switch the focus [...]