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Patricia Tull I spent a week last month in Kisumu, Kenya, seven miles south of the equator on Lake Victoria, preaching and teaching about creation care for the Africa Inland Church, an evangelical denomination founded a century ago by missionaries. The pastor who oversees the region’s health and environmental concerns had invited me. Never having … Continue reading “Equatorial Creation Care”

Karoline Lewis One more year. That’s all I need. One more year. One more month. One more week. One more day. Of course, the fig tree doesn’t get a choice in the matter, but we feel for it anyway. Life, especially now, seems like I am constantly longing for more — more time, more attention, … Continue reading “Longing for More”

Kyndall Rae Rothaus “A flower is relatively small,” Georgia O’Keeffe once wrote. “Everyone has many associations with a flower — the idea of flowers … Still — in a way — nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small — we haven’t time — and to see takes time, like to have … Continue reading “Preach Like an Artist”

Karoline Lewis Let’s rename this story. The Prodigal Son? Doesn’t really work for me. Why? I am not that son. I am the older brother, the “Really Ticked-Off Older Brother” I might add, who has had to watch time and time again how her, I mean his, younger sister, I mean brother, gets all of … Continue reading “Perspective Matters”

Karoline Lewis “Smells are surer than sights or sounds to make your heartstrings crack,” writes Vladimir Nabokov.[i] Damn, is that ever the truth. My Sermon Brainwave co-host, Matt Skinner, includes this quote is his commentary on this text from 2010. New for Working Preacher this year was to offer a Lenten sermon series focus on … Continue reading “Simultaneous Smells”

Nathan Aaseng I don’t spend much time preaching about Jesus’ miracles, for one simple reason: Jesus said not to talk about them. In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus repeatedly instructed people not to tell others about the wondrous healing he had done. Why did Jesus tell people to keep quiet about the miracles? Perhaps it … Continue reading “Tell No One”

Karoline Lewis You do not have to do it all. Did you hear that, Working Preachers? On this Palm/Passion Sunday that sets in motion Holy Week, these are the words you need to hear, you need to trust, you need to believe — you do not have to do it all. Will it be exhausting? … Continue reading “Holy Week Grace”

Kevin L. Strickland We gather in old and new ways, and in new and old ways, holding vigil and celebrating Easter. We gather as our forefathers and -mothers of the faith have for almost two thousand years. We gather in darkness of night, a darkness that contains, still, Good Friday. We gather around fire. We … Continue reading “Preaching the Easter Vigil”

Karoline Lewis I have seen the Lord! There’s your sermon, Working Preachers. It’s hard to imagine a better sermon than Mary Magdalene’s on that first Easter morning. Short and memorable and to the point. Easily fits on the church sign for all to see. Sure, you may need to flesh it out a little because … Continue reading “True Resurrection”

Patricia Tull About a decade ago, while teaching an adult Sunday school class, I was pulled up short by this question from a teacher: “What is our church doing for Earth Day?” I referred the question to my husband, the church’s pastor, and he referred it back to me, asking me to preach the church’s … Continue reading “What Are We Doing for Earth Day?”