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Dear Working Preacher
Hope on the Horizon

“Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.” On this Second Sunday of Advent, in the year [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Practicing Gratitude

Searching for Christmas gifts for the youngest members of our family, I came across a “gratitude journal,” [...]

Sermon Development
Authentic Preaching

The preacher in me is tired. She absorbs so much of other people’s pain that she forgets [...]