Craft of Preaching

If consensus exists around anything today in American society, it is that we are afflicted [...]

I read recently that Dolly Parton leaves her makeup on all night when she’s away from home. [...]

This is one of those weeks when preachers find a text pretty easy to interpret but the [...]

It’s a very personal, intimate thing, one’s prayer life. Getting started at praying is less [...]

Be careful with this one, Dear Working Preachers. The story of Mary and Martha in Luke’s Gospel [...]

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

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

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

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