Theology and Interpretation
Worship
Preaching the Language of Lament
Lament is a language born of both grief and anger: [...]
Homiletics
Culture
Sermon Development
Balancing Authority and Curiosity: Homiletics Training from the Theatre
My first career was as [...]
Culture
Sermon Development
Congregational Participation in Preaching: More Than “Now Turn to Your Neighbor…”
I was recently leading a [...]
Culture
Theology and Interpretation
Using Science Fiction to Retell Bible Stories
Science fiction as a genre uses science, either imaginative or [...]
Theology and Interpretation
What All Four Gospels Bring to the Pulpit
Week after week, we preachers are offered a set of [...]
Sermon Development
Holy Lands, Holy Attention
For almost as long as people have called themselves “Christians,” they have undertaken pilgrimages to [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Preaching Peculiar Passages of Scripture
Over the years, I have placed asterisks next to numerous [...]
Videos
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord 28C): Embodied thanksgiving
What if gratitude had steps? [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Honest to God Preaching: Talking Sin, Suffering, and Violence
“We only know of Israel’s [...]
Culture
Sermon Development
For Every Matter Under Heaven
Funerals, Weddings, and Preaching into Life’s Many Other Seasons and Circumstances Funeral? Wedding? House blessing? [...]