Lent

Ashes to go - Ash Wednesday
Worship
Ashes to Go in a Drive Thru Culture

Ash Wednesday contains a paradox. First, we hear from Jesus [...]

Worship service with singers holding music
Worship
Poets as Preachers

Congregations love to sing the songs of our faith. But do we recognize this singing as proclaiming [...]

Neon sign:
Sermon Development
Stories We Tell One Another

I recently finished work on an MFA in Creative Writing—that is, I graduated with a [...]

Jesus Saves neon sign behind chicken wire
Dear Working Preacher
God’s Rescue Operation

Dear Working Preacher, I wish you a blessed Ash Wednesday and First Sunday in Lent. [...]

Man watering seedlings in Kenya
Theology and Interpretation
Planted in Hope and Bearing Fruit

Six years ago I returned from a life-changing visit to [...]

ruins at Edinburgh Holyrood Abbey
Dear Working Preacher
Love among the Ruins

The story goes that Mark Twain was asked if he believed in infant baptism. “Believe in it?” [...]

Mural of Dolly Parton
Dear Working Preacher
Side-Hustles and Sabbath

Among the commercials debuted during the Super Bowl this year was a new ad featuring Dolly Parton [...]

Man in scrubs praying
Dear Working Preacher
A Costly Lesson

Dear Working Preacher, First, as always, let me extend to you a word of thanks for what [...]

Worship
Conversion and New Life: Preaching Lent in Year A

Year A immerses the congregation into the captivating readings from [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching About Racism in Lent

The emotions of Lent: what feelings are evoked from putting [...]