Craft of Preaching

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Preaching Moment 139: Thomas Long

Tom discusses negotiating the authority to preach each time we [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Figgy Pudding and the End of the World

Dear Working Preacher, I’ve got just two words to say [...]

Columnist
Nice Sermon

“Nice sermon.” I’m assuming every pastor hears those words from time to time. Do you have any [...]

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Preaching Moment 137: Richard Jensen

Jensen talks about knowing when the law and gospel have [...]

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Preaching Moment 138: Andrew Root

Andrew Root discusses honoring cultural reality in the sermon and [...]

Dear Working Preacher
For All the Saints

Dear Working Preacher, If there ever was a festival day that invited a change of readings, surely [...]

Columnist
Saturday Night Fever

I do not yet have a cure for what I call the Saturday Night Fever: that weirdness [...]

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Preaching Moment 136: Clayton Schmit

Schmit discusses the shortcomings of leaning on resources.

Dear Working Preacher
Zacchaeus and the Reformation

Author’s note: Because I am writing on the All Saints’ passage this year, Working Preacher, I’ve [...]

Columnist
Can We Talk?

Facebook and blogs have put into sharp relief an old but troubling American tradition.  Political discourse in [...]