Dear Working Preacher
Every Moment Counts
When I started thinking about the DWP column for this week, my first response was, Sorry, Jesus. [...]
Craft of Preaching
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 [...]
Columnist
June 2016 – A Year’s Worth of Difference
It’s been almost a year since Laudato Si’ was released, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Back to Reality
Back to reality. Perhaps that’s what many of you might be feeling right now. Easter is over. [...]
Culture
Five Things that ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Gets Right About Church Conflict
Captain America: Civil War is [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Trinity Talk
Holy Trinity Sunday is a somewhat ambiguous liturgical day. I never know what to think about the [...]