Dear Working Preacher
Exorcisms for Our Day
What you do reveals who you are. The last few weeks have certainly reminded us of this [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dear Working Preacher
The Immediately of Epiphany
Yes, the title is correct. Not the immediacy but the immediately of Epiphany. Bear with [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Epiphany Expectations
Look it up. What does epiphany actually mean? Of course there will be several possible definitions, but [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Baptismal Blessings?
I have said this before and I will say it again — preaching on the Baptism of [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Prologue for the New Year
Lucky you! A commentary on John 1:1-18 on WorkingPreacher.org and a Dear Working Preacher column [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Just Praise
The fullness of time has indeed come (Gal 4:4) and indeed, how can we keep silent (Isa [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Good Day to be Born
My birthday is December 24. For a long time, longer than I care to admit, I thought [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Advent as a Way of Life
I wonder if the annunciation to Mary might function as a summary of the Advent season; a [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Advent as Testimony
Well, if last week was Advent as truth-telling, this week John’s John suggests Advent as testimony, as [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Truth-Telling Advent
John the Baptist. He’s the Gospel focus for the second and third Sundays of Advent. In Mark, [...]