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Nathan Aaseng Have you ever had a particular Word of God that has rested innocuously for years in the Bible’s pages suddenly jump up and hit you right between the eyes? I had that experience recently with 1 Corinthians 1:26, the verse that talks about proclaiming Christ as being foolishness and being a stumbling block … Continue reading “Pastor, You’re Wasting Your Life!”

David Lose Dear Working Preacher,   Let’s face it. This is one of those weeks when the Gospel reading makes you want to turn to one of the other texts appointed for this Sunday. 🙂 It is harsh, more than a little threatening, and rather uncomfortable to hear. But here’s the question: Is that the … Continue reading “A Stressful Sermon”

Glen Bickford Like most of you who read this article, I am a preacher. Three years ago I lost a vocal cord in an unrelated surgery and wrote about it in an earlier Working Preacher article entitled, “How I Lost a Vocal Cord and Found My Voice.” My left vocal cord remains paralyzed. After therapy … Continue reading “Voice Care: Advice for Preachers”

Patricia Tull Editor’s Note: During September (the four weeks leading up to the Feast Day of St. Francis), a growing number of congregations adopt the alternate lectionary Season of Creation. This month, Working Preacher is hosting commentaries on Year 3 Wisdom Series of these readings, featuring creation texts from Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, and passages … Continue reading “Scriptural Economics”

William P. Brown Editor’s Note: Each week in August WorkingPreacher.org will publish commentaries that correspond with the readings for Season of Creation 2013: Series C (Wisdom in Creation). A full listing of worship resources (including liturgies to accompany the readings) can be found online at http://seasonofcreation.com/worship-resources/. Wisdom delights in the world; creation gives praise to … Continue reading “For the Life of the World: Season of Creation Week 4”

David Lose Dear Working Preacher,   When is the last time you preached a sermon with your youth as the primary audience you had in mind? Or even as a primary audience? That is, when did you take up themes you know they are thinking about, or use illustrations that draw from the music, movies, … Continue reading “The Kingdom of God … at School”

Patricia Tull Editor’s Note: Each week in August WorkingPreacher.org published commentaries that correspond with the readings for Season of Creation 2013: Series C (Wisdom in Creation). A full listing of worship resources (including liturgies to accompany the readings) can be found online at http://seasonofcreation.com/worship-resources/. Churches have increasingly celebrated the feast day of St. Francis of … Continue reading “Feast Day of St. Francis”

Kae Evensen Evening falls, another moment comes and goes, the voices rise and fall, each day a gift, each evening scented with lilacs or drying wheat or smoke, depending upon the season. We preachers gather these days into words every Sunday and as eloquently as we are able speak into lives where we hope for … Continue reading “Wisdom Wears Sensible Shoes”

David Lose Dear Working Preacher,   Here’s the question that’s been rumbling around in my head since reading this passage: Can you be righteous and still lost?   Because here’s the thing: the major differentiating category in these parables seems to be, for lack of a better word, lost-ness. Which is interesting, because at first … Continue reading “Lost”

Nathan Aaseng The news was devastating. A young man who appeared to have a lot going for him, who appeared to have a bright future, got himself into such trouble that he could not see a way out. He chose to end his life. We see things like this in the news from time to … Continue reading “New Life: It’s Not Just a Slogan”