Dear Working Preacher
A Lesson from Mark
We preachers are intercalators. Maybe at some point in time, we learned to be so from Mark. [...]
Craft of Preaching
Videos
Preaching Moment 343: Otis Moss III on the Preacher’s Notebook
Using an imagination notebook when [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Crossing the Kingdom
Transitions matter. “On that day” — on what day, exactly? Inquiring minds want to know, Mark. Well, [...]
Theology and Interpretation
God’s Open Hand
Several weeks of Gospel texts this summer read John 6, beginning with the story of Jesus’ feeding [...]
Dear Working Preacher
On Trusting
“The earth produces on its own.” Thank God, literally. Every once in a while Jesus gives us [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Complicated Relationships
When a new friend learns I’m an only child, they [...]
Columnist
Preaching about Sin and Forgiveness
Two brief stories illustrate the difficulty of preaching about sin [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Out of Our Minds
“Out of his mind.” That seems about right when it comes to perceptions of what we believe, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Sabbath Perspective
This past week was the 26th Festival of Homiletics in Washington, D.C., “Preaching and Politics.” An appropriate [...]
Dear Working Preacher
If the Trinity Mattered
Confession time — I am not a systematic theologian. So when it comes to saying something about [...]