Dear Working Preacher

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 [...]

Dear Working Preacher
A Year in Perspective

Dear Working Preachers, Matthew has been a good homiletical companion this past year. Perhaps, the very Gospel [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Entrustment

It is really rather simple. What are you doing with what you have been given? The rub [...]

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Dear Working Preacher
Hurry Up and Wait

“Hurry up and wait.” Whenever I talk to my mother these days, this somewhat new life circumstance [...]

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Words For A Time Such As This

As Year A, the year of the Gospel of Matthew, winds down, a revisiting of [...]

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Freedom and Obligation

Dear Working Preachers, happy 500th Anniversary of the Reformation for some of you! And for others, happy [...]