Dear Working Preacher
For the Common Good
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been feeling grumpy at this beginning of the new year. [...]
Kathryn Schifferdecker
Dear Working Preacher
God Is Not Finished with Us Yet
The Third Sunday of Advent, which we celebrate this week, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Mourn Loss, Proclaim Faith
On an All Saints Sunday many years ago, I happened to be preaching at the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Our Enemies
On texts for Sept. 19, 2021 | Ordinary 25 | RCL Year B “Love your enemies,” says [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Build Up the Body of Christ
Many years ago, when I was finishing up my seminary studies, I wanted to do [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Unimaginable
There is a song in the musical “Hamilton” that always brings tears to my eyes. It’s the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Be Like a Tree
My children are in the habit of asking, when they hear about a person in the news [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Foundation of Our Hope
I was once at a job interview for a teaching position at a Christian college, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Beloved Child of God
I want to tell you a story this week, Working Preacher. Not necessarily because I think it [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Out of Water and Wildness
At the beginning of this new year, we are immersed in water. That is true [...]