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Rob O’Lynn Discussions about social media — and, specifically in our case, social media in preaching — are important for the contemporary church. Let’s face it, whether we like it or not, we live in a digital age. To be effective, however, we need to understand some basics about social media. And to begin with, … Continue reading “Social Media and Preaching: A Primer (Part 1 of 2)”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, The “Word of God” is an elusive and complicated topic, isn’t it? What comes to mind for people in the pews when they hear “Word of God”? What do they picture? What do they envision? A big, dusty Bible on a shelf in the family room that they never read? … Continue reading “Birds, Thorns, and Other Surprising Responses to God’s Word”

Rob O’Lynn In my previous article, I discussed digital citizenship and the essential ideas behind social media to argue for its value in contemporary preaching. To bring this conversation full circle, I would like to offer some dos and don’ts about how to use social media in preaching. Although I am primarily using Twitter for … Continue reading “Social Media and Preaching: Some Dos and Don’ts (Part 2 of 2)”

Nathan Aaseng A young woman came into my office yesterday, terrified. I don’t know much about her background. She spoke broken English with a thick accent that made communication difficult. The object of her concern was a human figure, made out of wire, with a hangman’s noose wrapped around its neck. She had found this … Continue reading “Pulpit Magic”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, Good and evil side by side, co-existing without set checks and balances, without resolute criteria for adjudicating which is which, without a sense of qualifications and quantifications that might provide certain conclusions to ease our moral consciences? Perhaps one of the most challenging and problematic issues in the history of … Continue reading “Wheat and Tares and Other Truths about the Kingdom of Heaven”

Kae Evensen Preaching is little things carrying big things. It’s all about figuring out how to tell the story of Christ; this weighty promise on our transitory words. These days, preaching and prayer seem more difficult. Maybe it’s because the world seems so divided. It doesn’t matter how you turn the globe but it seems … Continue reading “The Oddly Comforting World of Saint Matthew”

Karoline Lewis Anyone out there tired of parables yet? To be honest, Matthew’s plethora of parables is perhaps my biggest problem when it comes to the first Gospel. Some of you know that were I to play the “stranded on a desert island” game, my Gospel of choice would be John. Matthew would come in … Continue reading “Inviting a Kingdom Imagination”

Patricia Tull A Look Ahead During September, leading up to the Feast Day of St. Francis, a growing number of congregations adopt the alternate lectionary Season of Creation. Next month, Working Preacher will host essays treating Year 1, the Spirit Series of these readings, featuring creation texts from Genesis and Psalms as well as Matthew … Continue reading “God in the Wild”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, Think about it. How many of Jesus’ miracles are recorded in all four Gospels? Let’s count. It shouldn’t take long because the feeding of the five thousand is the only one that made the cut (cf. Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:5-15). That fact alone should encourage pause and reflection … Continue reading “When a Miracle is More Than a Miracle”

Patricia Tull Editor’s Note: Each week in August WorkingPreacher.org will publish commentaries that correspond with the readings for Season of Creation 2014: Series A (The Spirit Series). A full listing of worship resources (including liturgies to accompany the readings) can be found online at http://seasonofcreation.com/worship-resources/readings/. Our family’s tiny square of urban land supports twelve trees of eight species, … Continue reading “Forest Sunday: Preaching Season of Creation Week 1”