Dear Working Preacher
Pursued by Love
How are you, Working Preacher? When I have been asked that question lately, I’ve replied that I’m [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Rejoice and Bear Witness
As always, thank you for what you do—preaching the strange, grace-bearing, kingdom-creating word of the gospel of [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Hope on the Horizon
“Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.” On this Second Sunday of Advent, in the year [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Stuck in the Clouds: Some Apocalyptic Reflections on Advent
In the popular imagination, Advent [...]
Dear Working Preacher
An End to Ordinary Time
We are glad you landed on our new page as your settle into the routine of sermon [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Stakes Are High
Everywhere we turn right now, the stakes are high. What a year! What a week! (And who [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Summons to Hope
Many of you are reading this column after Election Day in the United States. You know, or [...]
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 [...]