Dear Working Preacher
How Long, O Lord?
I know it is the custom in this column to focus on the Gospel text, but this [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
Unprecedented Warnings
This week I’ve found myself struggling to switch my voice from a local congregation in Flint, Michigan, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dirty Rotten Preaching Scoundrels
Once, when I was an M.Div. student, my teacher Beverly [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Lost and Found
Dear Working Preachers, it is good to be back. After five years, 1000 words a week, I [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Learning to Pay Attention
This summer I taught a week-long continuing education course for pastors on scripture and ecology. [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Choose Life
This is one of those weeks when, after reading the Gospel lesson, you might feel like putting [...]
Preaching Series
Forming Communities of Resistance: A 4-week preaching series
Ed. note: Don’t miss last week’s article [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Hashtag VIP?
Here’s a headline that captured my attention: Stop working on your personal brand—you’re wasting your time.1 The [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Read Before Preaching: Forming Communities of Resistance (2 of 3)
Ed. note: This is the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Liberating Sabbath
Luke closely associates Jesus’ public ministry with both the sabbath and the synagogue, beginning already in Luke [...]
