Craft of Preaching

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Fertility Struggles

Advent brings the sense of delighted expectation that Jesus, God’s [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Hurry Up and Wait

“Hurry up and wait.” Whenever I talk to my mother these days, this somewhat new life circumstance [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Words For A Time Such As This

As Year A, the year of the Gospel of Matthew, winds down, a revisiting of [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Freedom and Obligation

Dear Working Preachers, happy 500th Anniversary of the Reformation for some of you! And for others, happy [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Hearing Both Cries

The Bible’s sensitivity not only to the natural world but to economic justice for the lowly is [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Loyalties

I suspect that many of us might be a bit weary of Matthew by now. And to [...]

Columnist
A Sincere Gesture

I recall many years ago a national politician who was known for his awkward and contrived way [...]

Dear Working Preacher
What Not To Wear

A wedding guest without a worthy wardrobe results in being cast out of the party into outer [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Domestic Violence

I will never forget what it felt like to sit in a pew in a [...]

Sermon Development
How to Preach the News without Drowning

“Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth [...]