waiting

Dear Working Preacher
A Pentecost to Wait and Hope, Pray and Trust

The last time I wrote for this column was the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Tending Lent

Two homiletical traps (pun intended) lie in wait when it comes to the story of Jesus’ temptation. [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Hurry Up and Wait

“Hurry up and wait.” Whenever I talk to my mother these days, this somewhat new life circumstance [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Never Empty

Dear Working Preachers, last week, taking a cue from Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all you that [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Are You The One?

“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” If that [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Advent on the Mind

I am writing this column from San Diego where I am attending the annual meetings of the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
How to Wait

“Make haste to help me, Lord! Hasten to me, O God! Lord, do not delay!” The words [...]

Worship
Advent vs. Christmas: Music and More

To sing, or not to sing? At this time of [...]

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Prepare the Way of the Lord

Waiting and preparation shape these days of Advent, two thousand years ago and today. In [...]