suffering

Cross to bear
Videos
Lent 2B: Take Up Your Cross

Karoline Lewis reflects on Jesus’ question: “What cause will you embrace?” Embracing your cross isn’t [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Suffering Begone

One of my favorite recording artists is the singer-songwriter (and armchair theologian?) Josh Ritter. His music was [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Life on the Other Side of Catastrophe

The paired Old Testament reading for this week sets us [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Equipped for Holy Work

In Amos 8, the semi-continuous lectionary’s Old Testament reading for this week, economic power-brokers in ancient Israel [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Persisting in Integrity

On texts for Oct. 3, 2021 | Ordinary 27 | RCL Year B I have been married [...]

Sermon Development
Authentic Preaching

The preacher in me is tired. She absorbs so much of other people’s pain that she forgets [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 310: Yvette Flunder on Selecting Texts

Yvette Flunder describes how she [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 305: Luke Powery on Preaching Lament

Luke Powery advocates for the [...]

Columnist
New Life: It’s Not Just a Slogan

The news was devastating. A young man who appeared to [...]

Worship
Preaching on Illness: Healing Services (Part 2 of 2)

Why healing services? And what [...]