Craft of Preaching

Columnist
The Footwasher’s Hall of Fame

I hate being wrong. I really hate being wrong in [...]

Sermon Development
Crowd-Sourced Preaching

Preachers, when preparing to preach, have been getting help and insights from other sources almost from the [...]

Videos
Luke 10: Who Is My Neighbor?

Matt Skinner, associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary,  discusses the Samaritan parable in [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Question of the Day

Dear Working Preacher, A few years ago I was visiting a congregation in downtown Washington, D.C. on [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Present-tense Salvation

Dear Working Preacher, Do we ask too little of our people? I ask that question with no [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Identity Theft, Part 2

Dear Working Preacher, Our word “Lent,” as you know, comes from the German and Dutch words for [...]

Columnist
Easter Green

In 1970, in the midst of the Vietnam War, when V-8 engines ruled, gas mileage was low, [...]

Columnist
Memory Aid

If Christian traditions exist to help us remember things that should never be forgotten, such as the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Leaving It All Behind

Dear Working Preacher, This is a story of freedom, even transformation. Not, however — and as far [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Lent in Jerusalem: Beyond the Palm Parade

Several weeks ago, Rolf Jacobson wrote helpfully about the re-imagination [...]