Craft of Preaching

Columnist
I Don’t Do Magic

After a recent baptism at which I presided, a young girl asked me, very shyly, “How did [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Treasured Possessions? Part Two

We are not done yet. We are moving my mom [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Treasured Possessions?

We moved my mom into a nursing home last week. If you are a regular reader of [...]

Dear Working Preacher
How Much More?

I am writing this column from beautiful Bay View, Michigan, a Chautauqua on the northern shore of [...]

Dear Working Preacher
No Comparison

Martha, Martha, Martha. If you grew up when I did, you got that reference. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia [...]

Columnist
Two Futures

While on vacation in the Canadian Maritime provinces and New England this past month, I saw two [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Need for Nearness

The story of the Good Samaritan is rather remarkable. It has worked its way into our culture [...]

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 [...]