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Dear Working Preachers, I am preaching on this text in Luther Seminary’s chapel on April 15, 2015, so I thought that for my column this week I would share with you some of my initial (...)

Join Profs. Eric Barreto, Cameron Howard, and Rolf Jacobson for “I Love to Tell the Story,” a conversation on Year 4 of the narrative lectionary. This podcast covers the text for June 8, 2014: Acts (...)

Discussion on texts for Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 25, 2014): (Gospel) John 14:15-21; (1st Reading) Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:8-20; (2nd Reading) 1 Peter 3:13-22.

Discussion on texts for Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 18, 2014): (Gospel) John 14:1-14; (1st Reading) Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; (2nd Reading) 1 Peter 2:2-10.

Few people thrive on conflict. Yet leadership can bring us face to face with it in unexpected moments. What motivates normal people to overcome fear when confronting potential controversy? The sequence of passages from Acts (...)

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Craig Koester, and Kathryn Schifferdecker for “I Love to Tell the Story,” a conversation on Year 4 of the narrative lectionary. This podcast covers texts for Nov. 24, 2013: Jeremiah 29:1,4-14 (...)

Dear Working Preacher,   Though I am normally cautious to generalize from my particular experience, when it comes to Pentecost I’m going to take that risk: I think that most of us get one thing (...)

Join Profs. David Lose, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Day of Pentecost: John 14:8-17[25-27]; Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; and Romans 8:14-17

Dear Working Preacher,   What you do matters. I’ve said that before, and I’ll say it again.   Why?   Because it’s true. Through your preaching you help our people not just learn about the (...)

Dear Working Preacher,   A quick but HUGE word of thanks before jumping into this week’s readings. We met every challenge (netting an additional $12,000) and topped out best-yet semi-annual fund appeal. Thank you. Thank (...)