Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
A Level Plain Perspective

At first blush, we could easily assess Luke’s version of the Beatitudes as simply different [...]

Worship
Church Announcements: Interruption or Liturgy?

Last year Working Preacher gathered a talented group of clergy [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Catching People

“Catching people” might not sit very well with a number of our congregants. Compared to the parallel [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Indigenous Perspectives

Tribal people, Indigenous people, have been protecting and loving the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Good News?

Responses to sermons are always, well, interesting. Isn’t that true, dear Working Preachers? People will say to [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Preaching Nazareth

“Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Or has it? Jesus seems convinced of it, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Abundance For All

Deciding on one preaching point for this passage seems adversative, to say the least, to this story [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Power of ‘You’

Never underestimate the power of “you,” especially in the second [...]

Sermon Development
Fantastic Beasts and How to Preach Them

There’s a delightful little creature in the most recent Harry [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Following a Star

“When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him.” Ah yes, Herod. Be [...]