Craft of Preaching

It’s never great for a preacher’s ego when someone snores during your sermon. For me, it happens [...]

We are in Advent, and a new church year is [...]

John the Baptist. He’s the Gospel focus for the second and third Sundays of Advent. In Mark, [...]

Luke Powery points out the [...]

Regarding the Gospels, many lectionary [...]

I am writing this column from San Diego where I am attending the annual meetings of the [...]

Lauren Winner discusses the preacher’s [...]

Clothing and food — celebrated necessities — describe God’s abundant gifts to creation in an Isaiah passage [...]

Here we are. The last Sunday of the church year, Christ the King/Reign of Christ Sunday. The [...]