Dear Working Preacher

Dear Working Preacher
Resurrection is Abundance

153 fish? That’s a lot. Even I know this, and I am no angler. I’ve [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Resurrection is Relationship

“But these are written so that you may believe…” While many Bibles will title John [...]

Dear Working Preacher
True Resurrection

I have seen the Lord! There’s your sermon, Working Preachers. It’s hard to imagine a better sermon [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Holy Week Grace

You do not have to do it all. Did you hear that, Working Preachers? On this Palm/Passion [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Simultaneous Smells

“Smells are surer than sights or sounds to make your heartstrings crack,” writes Vladimir Nabokov.[i] Damn, is [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Perspective Matters

Let’s rename this story. The Prodigal Son? Doesn’t really work for me. Why? I am not that [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Longing for More

One more year. That’s all I need. One more year. One more month. One more week. One [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Love and Belonging

“We need to be a community of love and belonging.” That’s my paraphrase of Jesus’ desire to [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Filled With the Holy Spirit

The First Sunday in Lent. Are you anxious? Concerned? Disillusioned? All of the above? And [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Choose Your Lent

One week until Ash Wednesday, Dear Working Preachers. By now you have your Lenten theme chosen, sermons [...]