Dear Working Preacher
On Trusting
“The earth produces on its own.” Thank God, literally. Every once in a while Jesus gives us [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dear Working Preacher
Out of Our Minds
“Out of his mind.” That seems about right when it comes to perceptions of what we believe, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Sabbath Perspective
This past week was the 26th Festival of Homiletics in Washington, D.C., “Preaching and Politics.” An appropriate [...]
Dear Working Preacher
If the Trinity Mattered
Confession time — I am not a systematic theologian. So when it comes to saying something about [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A True Pentecost
Pentecost Sunday. A rather troubling misnomer, after all. Because even though we know in theory that the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Prayers Needed
Back in February, I was the presenter at a woman’s retreat, my fourth year in a row [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Abide In My Love
Dear Working Preachers, so much in this passage on which to preach! Joy, love one another, laying [...]
Dear Working Preacher
On Withering
“Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are [...]
Dear Working Preacher
On Being the Good Shepherd
What does “good” mean? An ambiguous adjective is a rather uncomfortable affair. One person’s “good” [...]
Dear Working Preacher
We Are Witnesses
“You are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:48). Notice, Dear Working Preachers, Jesus’ address to the disciples [...]