As a pastor, I value a Sunday Lectionary, the Church Year, and the centrality of the One-in-seven for its inherent possibilities for nourishing the
Little Girl Arise! How Jesus Ministers to Women Today
Mark 5.22-43 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” Mother’s Day is a time for
What is Your One Sermon?
Dear Pastoral Students: I want to bring you a charge as we begin this season of study. My charge to you is to preach one sermon. This is what I
Ever-Growing, Ever-Green: A Message on Aging from Psalms 92.14
I was to preach a message to our congregation on the subject of aging. It was to be a senior saint's Sunday. But for me it turned out to be a Sunday
Thanksgiving: The Essential Ingredient to True Christian Worship
Our reading for this Thanksgiving Day service is a Psalm that is entitled in the King James, “A Psalm of praise.” But the Hebrew word for Praise here,
Preaching on Mission (Matthew 4:12 – 17): Keynote Message at the National Conference on Preaching
There has never been a more important time to talk to preachers about preaching on mission. The landscape of Old Christendom is like an