Dear Working Preacher
“What Is This?”
“They kept on asking each other, what is this? A new teaching?” There’s the rub of the [...]
Year B
Dear Working Preacher
Epiphany Preaching
Every three years, when Year B rolls around in the lectionary, my podcast co-hosts and I inevitably [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Blessing and Opposition
Then Simeon blessed Mary and said, among other things, “your child is destined to be a sign [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Wilderness Preaching
“A voice of one crying out in the wilderness…” That, Dear Working Preachers, is what preaching is [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Advent Time
Happy Advent, Dear Working Preachers! A new church year. A new Gospel. A new start. I have [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching Mark in Times of Strife (Part 2 of 2)
In the first article of this two-part series, the author [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching Mark in Times of Strife (Part 1 of 2)
Just in time. The Gospel according to Mark is about [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Kings of Relationship
“My kingdom is not from this world,” says Jesus. No kidding. That seems pretty obvious. Yet at [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Ability of Ableness
“We are able.” Wow. We are so certain, aren’t we? We think we are capable of so [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Thing You Lack
“You lack one thing.” Ouch. I fear I lack much more than one thing, do you? But [...]