Dear Working Preacher
Dependence Needs
This is one of those texts. Call it difficult, challenging, or even a text of terror, there [...]
Year B
Dear Working Preacher
On Seeing Yourself
“We saw someone….” That’s how a lot of judgment starts, doesn’t it? “Teacher, we saw someone casting [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Nature of Faith
What is the nature of faith? That’s kind of what Jesus is asking the disciples with his [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Heart Tellings
Speaking the truth from your heart. There’s a concept. Welcome back to Mark after five weeks in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Not Just Bread Anymore
Admit it. You want to go to the party that gets to admit, “This is hard, who [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A “Living” Bread
Be honest. What are you most hoping to hear in this column for the fourth [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Past Matters
Where you come from matters. This third installment of the Bread of Life discourse is all about [...]
Dear Working Preacher
#DoItForJohn
#DoItForJohn. A hashtag suggestion by a Facebook friend in response to last week’s column when I invited [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Bread of the Preaching Life
I know what you are thinking, Dear Working Preachers. You are hoping that I am [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Dew of Compassion
Hospitality. Power. Now compassion. Chapter 6 of the Gospel of Mark manages to cover some rather significant [...]