Dear Working Preacher
Are You Ready?
I love it when Scripture points out the ambiguity of God’s judgment — a rather helpful reminder [...]
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Dear Working Preacher
Who and What is Your King?
Concentrating on the crucifixion for Christ the King Sunday is a confluence of some rather [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Saying What We See
Reading Jesus’ words knowing that they could be the basis of a sermon the Sunday after Election [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Who Says There’s No Resurrection?
We tend to ask the wrong questions about the resurrection [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Thank God for the Other
“God, I thank you that I am not like other people. Really, thank you, God.” Wow, does [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Just Justice
So, just how should we define justice? While this story from Luke is most certainly a commending [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Rhythms of Faith
See, return, praise, worship, give thanks, get up, and go. What if we imagined, if only for [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Increments of Faith
One of the hardest things about being a teacher of preachers is that I don’t serve a [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Bosom Of Abraham
Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham, Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham, Rock-a-my soul in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Being Faithful In Much
A few years ago, I gave up on the idea of balance. Balance is a myth.1 It [...]