Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
Just Ask

The Good Samaritan. The ubiquity of this passage in society and in our shared discourse is more [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Shake Off the Dust

For the first time in my life, this past week I was trolled on Facebook. To be [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching Tough Texts

There are some tough texts coming up in the lectionary. I’m thinking especially of the Hosea 1 [...]

Dear Working Preacher
‘But First…’

“But first.” Such an expedient and automatic answer, isn’t it? [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Greening Spaces

Mark A. Torgerson’s book Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry (Alban, 2012) offers numerous case studies of [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Freedom from Fear

Fear. I get it. That seems like the most reasonable response when it comes to witnessing about [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Rural Life

I grew up on a small farm in Eastern North Dakota. In college, I felt a call [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Trinity Musings

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now” (John 16:12). [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Breathing

Happy Pentecost, Dear Working Preachers! If you have been reading my column these past years or are [...]

Sermon Development
Being a Prophet in Another Person’s Hometown

I’m in a unique ministry [...]