Dear Working Preacher
Advent Preparation
Too often John the Baptist is treated like a problem to solve. Preachers feel pressure to apologize [...]
truth-telling
Dear Working Preacher
A Season for Truth Telling
It’s easy to think of Advent as the leisurely, candle-lit path to Christmas. Coming on [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Open Speech
“He said this openly.” No wonder Peter responded as he did. Rebuke seems appropriate when you are [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Choose Life
Choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19). Not as easy as it sounds these days. This rather obvious litmus test [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Just Be It
If you want to know what it’s looked like lately to be the salt of the earth [...]
Sermon Development
Authentic Preaching: How to Prophesy
No one is a prophet because they want to be. [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching through Congregational Conflict
People who have an idealistic view of the church are [...]
Dear Working Preacher
God Said Yes to Me
Something different, Working Preachers. I want to begin the column this week with a reading that I [...]