Dear Working Preacher
The Need for Nearness
The story of the Good Samaritan is rather remarkable. It has worked its way into our culture [...]
Craft of Preaching
Culture
Finding Dory, Finding Church
Somewhere between the top shelf of Pixar masterpieces (Wall-E, The Incredibles, a few others, though [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Security of Seventy
The mission of the seventy is no mission I could ever imagine accepting. It sounds more like [...]
Sermon Development
The Spirit Catches You and You Run and Hide
The title to this article is a riff on the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Every Moment Counts
When I started thinking about the DWP column for this week, my first response was, Sorry, Jesus. [...]
Columnist
Reading Scripture with Creation
When pastors and Bible study participants seek a stronger ecological [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Naked No More
This past week I taught the Core 1 course in Luther Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry in Biblical [...]
Columnist
Whose God is This Anyway?
Does anyone else get uncomfortable proclaiming things like “How Great is Our God” or “Our [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Your Faith Has Saved You
“Your faith has saved you.” As one of my dear friends is fond of saying, “Put that [...]
Dear Working Preacher
When Jesus Shows Up
“Lean back. Relax. Do your mantra. And say, this is what it is and what it’s always [...]