Dear Working Preacher
No Ordinary Mountaintop
Mount Tabor is the site said to be the location of the Transfiguration of Jesus. I have [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dear Working Preacher
Love Never Ends
“Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Life-Changing Epiphany
I began this column sitting on a plane on my way to the Holy Land (not California). [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Embodied Epiphanies
I love this miracle — not just because I live in Minnesota and wish I could perform [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Baptismal Epiphanies
When I was a parish pastor in a suburb of Atlanta, one of my tasks was worship [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A New Genesis
“In the beginning…” This is how to start your sermon, Working Preachers. It makes so much sense, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Divine and Human Favor
Well, that was quick! Zero to twelve in two days. For those persons in the pews, the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Need for Christmas Preaching
Dear Working Preachers, Why preach on Christmas? Why indeed? I [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Merciful Advent
Listen closely. Anything sound familiar in Mary’s Magnificat? Notice anything similar between Mary’s song and Jesus’ inaugural [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Advent Expectations
“The people were filled with expectation” (Luke 3:15). What are your expectations? Do you expect to be [...]