Dear Working Preacher
A Life in Parables
Parables — they’re not just for Jesus anymore. The reality is, our lives are full of parables, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Dear Working Preacher
Family Matters
“And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand … [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Necessity of Three
I used to be able to do math. But something happened between AP calculus my senior year [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Spirit Feelings
Dear Working Preachers! How many of you were at the Festival of Homiletics this past week? If you [...]
Dear Working Preacher
What Makes You Feel Alive?
I spent the first part of this week and started writing this column in the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Choose Joy
“Nepal, Baltimore, school shootings, cancer, suicide, poverty, discrimination, apathy, violence, ignorance, spite, abuse, injustice. Some days it’s [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Risky Business of Bearing Fruit
“Christians still read the Bible strangely. We read the Bible [...]
Dear Working Preacher
What’s So Good About A Shepherd?
“Good sermon, Pastor!” Don’t you then want to respond, “What [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Resurrection Witnesses
“You are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:48; Acts 3:15). We certainly are. Thanks for the reminder, [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Courage to Ask
Dear Working Preachers, I am preaching on this text in Luther Seminary’s chapel on April 15, 2015, [...]