Dear Working Preacher
A Summons to Hope
Many of you are reading this column after Election Day in the United States. You know, or [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
A Family Reunion of Saints
Thank you for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ—that in Christ Jesus, God was reconciling [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Oaks of Righteousness
When many of us were growing up, the assumed truth about the United States—as it is still [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Truthiness vs. Truth-telling
“You will know the truth and the truth will make you free.” I cannot read [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Trap Questions
Thank you for what you do to preach the Word of God, in season and out of [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Indictments
The last time I contributed a “Dear Working Preacher” column, I insisted that sermons have to set [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Calling a Thing What It Actually Is
Do you know that Mahalia Jackson song, Rusty Old Halo? [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The New Math of the Kingdom of God
Thank you for the work you do to preach the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Forgiveness Is at the Core
It was an astonishing thing to see. A young black man sat in the witness [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Seeing Nature through Children’s Eyes
Last Christmas my son, a school principal in Miami, announced [...]