Sermon Development
A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Pastor Walk into the Pulpit: What preachers can learn from stand-up comedians (Part 1 of 2)
What preachers do is more [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Carrying The Cross
What does the cross mean to you? You kind of have to figure that out before you [...]
Columnist
Truthtelling in Watershed Moments
The words “crisis,” “unprecedented,” and “chaos” seem to be appearing [...]
Dear Working Preacher
God’s Pro Quo
My first reaction to the Gospel lesson this week was a movie memory: a scene from Silence [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Daughters of Abraham
“Immediately, she stood up straight and began praising God.” I have a feeling that when this woman [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Division Matters
Family division. Sadly, it doesn’t take much these days to procure a pointed argument between those with [...]
Columnist
I Don’t Do Magic
After a recent baptism at which I presided, a young girl asked me, very shyly, “How did [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Treasured Possessions? Part Two
We are not done yet. We are moving my mom [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Treasured Possessions?
We moved my mom into a nursing home last week. If you are a regular reader of [...]
Dear Working Preacher
How Much More?
I am writing this column from beautiful Bay View, Michigan, a Chautauqua on the northern shore of [...]