Culture
Advent Preaching in a Consumer Culture
It’s no secret that the weeks before Christmas (and Christmas [...]
Christmas
Dear Working Preacher
Pursued by Love
How are you, Working Preacher? When I have been asked that question lately, I’ve replied that I’m [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Alpha and Omega
It is the first Sunday of the New Year. For most households in the Western world, Christmas [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Herod, Too, Is the Reason for the Season
In his arresting Advent sermon “The Coming of Jesus in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Testify to God’s Great Joy
Here we are, Working Preachers, ’Tis the season. It’s not yet Christmas, though. Despite the [...]
Worship
Extraordinary Light: Preaching Christmas and Epiphany in Year A
Preaching happens in a liturgical [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Hardly Waiting
If we are looking for models of ministry in our modern times, Mary and Elizabeth should come [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Time Is Now
An Advent message that calls out privilege and abuse of power will likely not be popular proclamation. [...]
Columnist
Preaching Immanuel among Cynics
I recently came across a survey asking respondents’ attitudes toward [...]
