Dear Working Preacher

Dear Working Preacher
“What Is This?”

“They kept on asking each other, what is this? A new teaching?” There’s the rub of the [...]

Dear Working Preacher
You Are Never Alone

This past week, I had an appointment with my therapist whom I had not seen in eight [...]

Dear Working Preacher
An Epiphany Way of Life

If you are a regular listener of Sermon Brainwave, you have come to expect that my co-hosts [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Epiphany Preaching

Every three years, when Year B rolls around in the lectionary, my podcast co-hosts and I inevitably [...]

Simeon at the temple
Dear Working Preacher
Blessing and Opposition

Then Simeon blessed Mary and said, among other things, “your child is destined to be a sign [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Christmas Preaching

I debated about writing a column for Christmas this year. In part, because of the 4th Sunday [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Mary’s Response

“Here I am, the servant of the Lord. Let it be with me according to your word.” [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Witnessing

Sometimes, Dear Working Preachers, a biblical text emboldens you, empowers you, encourages you to give witness to [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Wilderness Preaching

“A voice of one crying out in the wilderness…” That, Dear Working Preachers, is what preaching is [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Advent Time

Happy Advent, Dear Working Preachers! A new church year. A new Gospel. A new start. I have [...]