Preaching Series
Preaching 1 John in Easter (Year B)
A six-week preaching series based on the Second Readings in [...]
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Dear Working Preacher
Forgiveness: The Hardest Commandment
Dear Working Preacher, Why is forgiveness so difficult? Is there [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Creeping Things, Innumerable
My friends, it is tick season here on the farm and so trips outside to [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Loss of Power
As a professor in 2023, the word “power” comes up a lot in my life, often in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
To Till It and Keep It?
Though my primary vocation is teaching and learning about the biblical text, as you may remember from [...]
Dear Working Preacher
An Ever-present Help in Trouble
When last I wrote to you, I was wrangling chickens [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Parable of Lost Chickens
As I write this, I’m sitting in the middle of a pile of boxes and [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Persistently Dancing for Hours
Luke fills his Gospel with images of persistence: Widows appealing [...]