Craft of Preaching

Dear Working Preacher
A Life in Parables

Parables — they’re not just for Jesus anymore. The reality is, our lives are full of parables, [...]

Three friends
Dear Working Preacher
Family Matters

“And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand … [...]

Columnist
Abundance and Need

No sooner does one election cycle end these days than another begins. Into the midst of this [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Necessity of Three

I used to be able to do math. But something happened between AP calculus my senior year [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 317: Otis Moss III on Preaching to Different Generations

  Otis Moss III reflects [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Spirit Feelings

Dear Working Preachers! How many of you were at the Festival of Homiletics this past week? If you [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching to (and Caring for) Vets: Memorial Day and Beyond

On Monday, May 25, 2015, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
What Makes You Feel Alive?

I spent the first part of this week and started writing this column in the [...]

Columnist
“I Couldn’t Hear a Thing”

A very elderly gentleman greeted me at the end of [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Choose Joy

“Nepal, Baltimore, school shootings, cancer, suicide, poverty, discrimination, apathy, violence, ignorance, spite, abuse, injustice. Some days it’s [...]