Worship
What? Sermons by Committee?
Sometimes I’m struck by how much I don’t know about the lives of the people [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Welcome
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” It’s one [...]
Videos
Preaching Moment 339: Michael Brown On Preaching in Spirit
Michael Brown talks about preaching [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Not Peace but a Sword
“Not peace but a sword.” I resist this saying of Jesus. I resist it a lot, not [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Jumpstart the Conversation this Summer
Last week I sat with members of a tall-steeple church [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Laborers Are Few
“Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.” What would the world look [...]
Columnist
Delivered with Love, From Me to You
On Confirmation Sunday, I was reminded once again of an [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Trinitarian Difference
Trinity Sunday is a hard one to figure out. Any sermon that tries to explain the Trinity [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Spirit Work
This year’s Festival of Homiletics in San Antonio — and great to see so many of you [...]