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Epiphany 5B: A Known God Who Shows Up
God enters our space to heal us just as Jesus [...]
Incarnation
Theology and Interpretation
Hospice and Preaching: Where the Dying Tell the Truth
As preachers our challenge is [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Light Shines on a Weary World
There’s a long-standing debate in Johannine scholarship about the actual moment of the incarnation in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Linger A Little
Poor Thomas. Always the Sunday after Easter. Always misunderstand. We think Thomas doubts, but he doesn’t. As [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Welcome
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” It’s one [...]
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
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
An Embodied Lent
Bodies. We have them. We inhabit them. But often we do not know what to do with [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Advent as a Way of Life
I wonder if the annunciation to Mary might function as a summary of the Advent season; a [...]