Dear Working Preacher
Seeing Jesus
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Do we really? Do we actually want to see Jesus? Or [...]
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Do we really? Do we actually want to see Jesus? Or [...]
John 3:16. Not an easy verse to ignore or pass over when it comes to preaching. And [...]
Dear Working Preachers, Something different this week. I preached on this text a few weeks ago at [...]
“He said this openly.” No wonder Peter responded as he did. Rebuke seems appropriate when you are [...]
The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, always the first Sunday of Lent, is an unnervingly muted [...]
Yes, Jesus. It is good to be here. Isn’t this just the right summary of the Transfiguration? [...]
I’ve had a persistent problem with this passage. First blush was always suspicion and resentment. I mean, [...]
“They kept on asking each other, what is this? A new teaching?” There’s the rub of the [...]
Every three years, when Year B rolls around in the lectionary, my podcast co-hosts and I inevitably [...]
Then Simeon blessed Mary and said, among other things, “your child is destined to be a sign [...]