Craft of Preaching

Columnist
Saturday Night Fever

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

Videos
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 [...]

Worship
A Humbler Reformation

Mark was conspicuously absent that Reformation morning. Reformation Day was his favorite church festival, a day on [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 135: Gary Charles

Pastor Charles considers ways for the preacher to bring the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Beyond Righteousness

Dear Working Preacher, There’s a tragedy unfolding in this week’s gospel reading that’s easy to miss. It’s [...]

Columnist
All It Takes

Sometimes all it takes is one voice to point out the obvious. And sometimes, all one has [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Justice

Dear Working Preacher, Who could be against justice, right? I mean, come on, if there’s one thing [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 134: Teresa Fry Brown

When does the preaching moment begin?