Dear Working Preacher
Timely Matters
“It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.” I have always been curious about this detail, but [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dear Working Preacher
You Are All My Beloved
Preaching on the baptism of Jesus requires a significant amount of homiletical restraint. Our denominational desires tend [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Innocence Lost?
Happy New Year, Dear Working Preachers. From different kinds of correspondence with many of you — emails, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Meaning of Christmas
Merry Christmas, Dear Working Preachers. I hope you will be forgiving of a rather personal perspective on [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Good News of God With Us
“God with us” is not always good news. It depends on who you think God [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Are You The One?
“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” If that [...]
Dear Working Preacher
In the Wilderness
“In the wilderness” — a potentially overlooked setting for the prophetic tidings of our dear friend John [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Are You Ready?
I love it when Scripture points out the ambiguity of God’s judgment — a rather helpful reminder [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Who and What is Your King?
Concentrating on the crucifixion for Christ the King Sunday is a confluence of some rather [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Saying What We See
Reading Jesus’ words knowing that they could be the basis of a sermon the Sunday after Election [...]