Craft of Preaching

Worship
A New Pentecost? A Season of Social Media

Lent. A time for self-reflection, austerity, and somber music. A [...]

Columnist
Prayer and Preaching

The things we carry with us — our race, our education, our gender, our families, our age, [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Trinitarian Congregations

Dear Working Preacher, I don’t know about you, but I often find myself dreading Trinity [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Pentecost Dreams

Dear Working Preacher, Pentecost is the time to dream. Come to think of it, maybe every season [...]

Columnist
Preach What You Know

I’m reading a novel by a best-selling author that reminds me of one of the cardinal rules [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Jesus’ Prayer and Ours

Dear Working Preacher, It’s time to talk about prayer. Not so much between you and [...]

Worship
Social Media Sunday: Pull Out Your Smartphones

Worship at the church I serve was a little different [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Communities of the Spirit

Dear Working Preacher, We know about loss. Each of us and all of us, personally [...]

Columnist
A Walk on the Wildflower Side

Last weekend I drove with some friends to the Red River Gorge of eastern Kentucky [...]

Videos
Mark: God on the Loose – Karoline Lewis

Karoline Lewis, associate professor of preaching and Alvin N. Rogness [...]