Dear Working Preacher

Dear Working Preacher
How Much More?

I am writing this column from beautiful Bay View, Michigan, a Chautauqua on the northern shore of [...]

Dear Working Preacher
No Comparison

Martha, Martha, Martha. If you grew up when I did, you got that reference. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Need for Nearness

The story of the Good Samaritan is rather remarkable. It has worked its way into our culture [...]

Dear Working Preacher
The Security of Seventy

The mission of the seventy is no mission I could ever imagine accepting. It sounds more like [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Every Moment Counts

When I started thinking about the DWP column for this week, my first response was, Sorry, Jesus. [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Naked No More

This past week I taught the Core 1 course in Luther Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry in Biblical [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Your Faith Has Saved You

“Your faith has saved you.” As one of my dear friends is fond of saying, “Put that [...]

Dear Working Preacher
When Jesus Shows Up

“Lean back. Relax. Do your mantra. And say, this is what it is and what it’s always [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Back to Reality

Back to reality. Perhaps that’s what many of you might be feeling right now. Easter is over. [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Trinity Talk

Holy Trinity Sunday is a somewhat ambiguous liturgical day. I never know what to think about the [...]