Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
The Easter Tree

Christ is risen, Working Preacher! Christ is risen, indeed! This is the day, the pinnacle of the [...]

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Is it worth it?

It is the season of Lent, a strange time when someone wiser and kinder than ourselves comes [...]

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Why I Preach

“I believe, I do believe, truly I believe it” My call story is complicated. I did not [...]

Dear Working Preacher
To Be Continued…

Dear Working Preacher, The climax of the Christian story is upon us. Christ is about to enter [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 162: Clayton Schmit

Clayton discusses what it means to say “that was a [...]

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Preaching Acts

Representing fully one quarter of the New Testament, Luke-Acts is as central to the shape of the [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 161: Thomas Long

Thomas talks about the importance of creating a community that [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Verbs

Dear Working Preacher, As most of us learned years ago in high school composition class, verbs are [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 160: Melinda Quivik

Melinda talks about a “test” for using personal stories

Dear Working Preacher
Now I See

Dear Working Preacher, Some passages are simply too rich to be only heard. They need to be [...]