Dear Working Preacher

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Dear Working Preacher
God and the Infinite Void

William Shatner—a.k.a. Captain Kirk from Star Trek and Denny Crane from Boston Legal—has been making [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
In-Between Spaces

Dear Working Preacher, Thank you for all that you do to preach the gospel. Thank you for [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
To Till It and Keep It?

Though my primary vocation is teaching and learning about the biblical text, as you may remember from [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Reasons to Be Joyful

There are lots of mountains in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus is tempted by Satan on one [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
But I Say to You

“You have heard it said … but I say to you” is a homiletic all its own. [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Prophetic Singing

During the deadly blizzards in Buffalo last December, one man whose life was in peril from the [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
How Not to Be Shaken

To have this week’s texts before me, it might seem an odd choice to write on the [...]

The Isenheim Altarpiece depicts John the Baptist pointing at the crucified Christ.
Dear Working Preacher
Good News Delivers Us

Dear Working Preacher, A belated and blessed New Year and Epiphany to you. And thank you for [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Beloved of God

To be truly and deeply loved is perhaps the most profound experience that all people long for, [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Watch What Happens

When Christians ponder the last leg of Advent and the arrival at Christmas, generally it’s Luke’s time [...]