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Dear Working Preacher
Saltiness

On texts for Sept. 26, 2021 | Ordinary 26 | RCL Year B Dear Working Preacher, Thank [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Beatitude Kind of World

This past week I presented at an amazing conference held in Waco, Texas, called “Nevertheless [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Hide Away

While Karoline Lewis takes a short vacation from writing this column, I’m filling in for three more [...]

Culture
Preaching in a Time of Political Anxiety

If the cantankerous political climate in the United States has [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Lost and Found

“Issues reach the pulpit before you do.” This statement by my dear friend Rev. Michael Brown, senior [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Life in Parables

Parables — they’re not just for Jesus anymore. The reality is, our lives are full of parables, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
On Stretching Parables

Dear Working Preacher,   One of the things I’ve learned from writing daily devotions over the last [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Money, Relationships, and Jesus’ Most Confusing Parable

Dear Working Preacher,   If [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Lost

Dear Working Preacher,   Here’s the question that’s been rumbling around in my head since reading this [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Preaching the Prodigal

Dear Working Preacher, I’m not sure that there’s a more beloved story in the Bible than that [...]