Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
When Resurrection Matters

Happy Easter, Dear Working Preachers! As I write this, I am wondering which resurrection narrative [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Very Holy Week

Dear Working Preachers, I suspect that your Holy Week plans and preaching are well in place by [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Loved Into Future

I wonder if in this moment, when Jesus is being loved with a grace upon grace kind [...]

Preaching Series
Preaching Acts in Easter (Year C)

Easter preaching has to be imaginative preaching. It has to [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Resentful Story

A familiar parable such as the Prodigal Son should invite a wealth of perspectives. We might think [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching About Racism in Lent

The emotions of Lent: what feelings are evoked from putting [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Fig Trees and Repentance

“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Determination

“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go [...]

Sermon Development
Being Yourself vs. Using Yourself

I was recently gifted a copy of the sarcastic, crude, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Identity Test

The problem with Jesus’ testing in Matthew, Mark, and Luke is how quickly we switch the focus [...]