Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
Are You The One?

“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” If that [...]

Dear Working Preacher
In the Wilderness

“In the wilderness” — a potentially overlooked setting for the prophetic tidings of our dear friend John [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Durable Faith: Preaching Post-Election

Many things came to mind as I prepared to write [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Are You Ready?

I love it when Scripture points out the ambiguity of God’s judgment — a rather helpful reminder [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Who and What is Your King?

Concentrating on the crucifixion for Christ the King Sunday is a confluence of some rather [...]

Preaching Series
Let All of Me Kneel before God’s Holy Name: A Six Part Lenten Series

This Lenten series focuses on [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Saying What We See

Reading Jesus’ words knowing that they could be the basis of a sermon the Sunday after Election [...]

Sermon Development
Notes from the Field: Elections, Bulldozers, and Grief

Anybody here feel like a [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Who Says There’s No Resurrection?

We tend to ask the wrong questions about the resurrection [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Isaiah’s Earthly Hopes

One liturgical year ends soon and the next will immediately begin. The lectionary’s seasonal turning from Christ’s [...]