Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
Reformers In Our Midst

“Take courage, get up, he is calling you.” Whether you are preaching this Sunday on Bartimaeus or [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Small Thing, Abundant Growth

One of our sons-in-law works in plant pathology. Recently he took us to visit the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Be Careful What You Wish For

“Be careful what you wish for.” We are all too familiar with this phrase and [...]

Dear Working Preacher
What Do You Lack?

“You lack one thing.” There is great irony in Jesus’ statement, isn’t there? We can likely assume [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Divorce

Jesus said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Divorce Text

There are certain texts that once read out loud in worship, in the midst of a faith [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Hyperbolic Homiletic

If it sounds like Jesus is coming down hard on the disciples, well, it should. We have [...]

Worship
Where Am ‘I’ in the Sermon?

Every preacher has his or her own personal anxiety dream. [...]

Sermon Development
Collaborative Preaching with Church Members

As a preacher regularly stirred by reading and interpreting the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Greatest

The relevance of Scripture continues to amaze me. The many stories and illustrations we think we need [...]