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Kae Evensen Fall has arrived and the sky is closing in on us. Some take comfort in winter’s swaddling while others miss the wide, long days of summer. Yet this summer has seemed difficult, the news from the world heavy and hard, lingering in us like a vagrant’s toils; the isolated pieces of our collective … Continue reading “Prayer: Carrying Our Cross”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, “Are you envious because I am generous?” reads the latter section of 20:15 in this Sunday’s parable from Matthew. Or, literally in Greek, “Is your eye evil because I am good?” Jesus has already warned of the dangers of having an evil eye, “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, … Continue reading “Generosity Sightings”

Nathan Aaseng I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a pastor address this issue, but I’m guessing I’m not the only one who has experienced it, so let’s just jump right in and say it: I preach to people who believe things that I don’t believe. I’m not speaking politically, although I’m sure there are … Continue reading “Preaching to People whose Theology Differs from Mine”

Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon Editor’s Note: WorkingPreacher.org published 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/. It is said that faith parts rivers and moves mountains. The rivers of India hold huge significance in the lives of … Continue reading “River Sunday: Preaching Season of Creation Week 4”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?” I have a not-so-short list of persons to whom I would like to address these questions. How about you? When it comes to questioning someone’s authority, it is rarely just an issue of observation or objectivity. … Continue reading “Authority Issues”

Patricia Tull Yesterday I planned to phone a friend while refueling my car. But the gas pump’s disembodied voice, not content with offering instructions and falling into welcome silence, prattled on for the next ten gallons about the snack foods, auto doodads, and megasize drinks and donuts available inside. I found myself wondering which corner … Continue reading “Restless Idols”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, This past week, Walter Brueggemann was on the Luther Seminary campus giving the inaugural presentations for the Fretheim Lecture Series in Biblical Theology. Amazing. At 81 (or maybe 80, not sure of the actual month of his birthday), he is an extraordinary presence — personally, theologically, spiritually, biblically. Having had … Continue reading “Tending the Vineyard”

Jacob Myers Sermon development takes place somewhere in-between passivity and activity. What I mean by this is that there are times when I sit down to work on a sermon, times I set aside for prayer, reflection, and study in the service of gospel proclamation. In another sense, biblical and sermonic insights have a way … Continue reading “iPreach: How the Apple Watch Could Revolutionize Sermon Development”

Karoline Lewis Dear Working Preachers, Save the date. You know those postcards you get in the mail? Well, we all just got one. God is throwing a big party — and you are all invited. An extravagant banquet with God as the host is clearly the focus for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost given the … Continue reading “Hospitality 101”

Kae Evensen Putting together a decent sermon is no easy task. This is not a complaint, it just is. As Nathan Aaseng comments in his September 16, 2014 column, Preaching to People Whose Theologies Differ from Mine, many of the people to whom we preach don’t share our theology. He writes, “I preach to people … Continue reading “Yes, the Gospel Does Matter”