Dear Working Preacher
Hardly Waiting
If we are looking for models of ministry in our modern times, Mary and Elizabeth should come [...]
Year C
Dear Working Preacher
The Time Is Now
An Advent message that calls out privilege and abuse of power will likely not be popular proclamation. [...]
Dear Working Preacher
What’s in a Name?
Tiberius, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Philip, Lysanias, Annas, and Caiaphas. These are some rather pontifical names in the [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching Luke in 2019
I’ve been waiting for you, Luke. I’m sure you can help us fix things. Ever since the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Nothing Lasts Forever
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” Well, Jesus. Those are [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Who Says There’s No Resurrection?
We tend to ask the wrong questions about the resurrection [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Just Justice
So, just how should we define justice? While this story from Luke is most certainly a commending [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Rhythms of Faith
See, return, praise, worship, give thanks, get up, and go. What if we imagined, if only for [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Increments of Faith
One of the hardest things about being a teacher of preachers is that I don’t serve a [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Bosom Of Abraham
Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham, Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham, Rock-a-my soul in [...]