Craft of Preaching

Every three years, when Year B rolls around in the lectionary, my podcast co-hosts and I inevitably [...]

Then Simeon blessed Mary and said, among other things, “your child is destined to be a sign [...]

Recently I was asked to speak in a church in [...]

I debated about writing a column for Christmas this year. In part, because of the 4th Sunday [...]

“Here I am, the servant of the Lord. Let it be with me according to your word.” [...]

I recently came across a survey asking respondents’ attitudes toward [...]

Sometimes, Dear Working Preachers, a biblical text emboldens you, empowers you, encourages you to give witness to [...]

His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” [...]

“A voice of one crying out in the wilderness…” That, Dear Working Preachers, is what preaching is [...]