Dear Working Preacher
Dwell in Possibility
This week brings us a set of familiar, “classic” texts. I suppose that for any congregation that [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
A Beautiful Community
Dear Working Preacher, Epiphany greetings to you! And thanks for what you do, preaching the word in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Embodying Epiphany
These days I am wondering how much Epiphany reveals about us. Granted, Epiphany is about Jesus, what [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Baptism: A disruptive reminder
In just one week, 2020 has already turned into an [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Alpha and Omega
It is the first Sunday of the New Year. For most households in the Western world, Christmas [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Practicing Gratitude
Searching for Christmas gifts for the youngest members of our family, I came across a “gratitude journal,” [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Herod, Too, Is the Reason for the Season
In his arresting Advent sermon “The Coming of Jesus in [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Holding on to Advent
What a difference a pronoun makes. The promise of Jesus’ birth and Jesus’ name is, “God is [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Testify to God’s Great Joy
Here we are, Working Preachers, ’Tis the season. It’s not yet Christmas, though. Despite the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
John and the Two Sides of the Pulpit
I wonder who baptized John. He might have had to [...]