A Peculiar Prophet

All of the gospels depict Jesus and his disciples as people on the move. They never stay anywhere long. Jesus teaches or performs some wonde...

Some of our pastors will be moving to new churches in a few weeks. Later this year Westminster John Knox Press will publish a collection of ...

Some of our pastors will be saying good bye to their present congregations as they move to new congregations in the next few weeks. Later th...

The most wonderfully Wesleyan aspect of the spectacularly successful Disciple Bible Studies is its name. It’s not “Thinking Long Thoughts ab...

Last fall I met with a group of Lilly Transition into Ministry fellows in Pennsylvania. These are some top recent seminary graduates who are...

If one considers the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus – the birth of the church from the once despondent and defeated disciples, the p...

It makes a world of difference whether or not a preacher has been encountered by the living, speaking, resurrected Christ. Thus, making doxo...

The call of Paul the apostle was his experience of finding himself living in a whole new world. He changed because of his realization that, ...

In a curious passage, Paul links the resurrection with preaching and preaching with resurrection: Now I would remind you, brethren, in what ...

We're in the appointive season. As a bishop, sometimes it’s quite an achievement to converse with my fellow clergy about things more imp...

Here are some thoughts about the task of cruciform preaching, from my earlier book, A Theology of Proclamation (Abingdon). A robust theology...

It's Lent, season of the Cross. In your own Lenten devotion you might be interested in a couple of my previous books, Thank God It’s Fri...

I keep a picture in front of me in my office in Birmingham. It is a picture of Patsy’s grandmother, Bessie Parker, the first the first ordai...

We’re entering the season of Lent, time of focus upon the cross, so this seemed to me a good Lenten exercise for us preachers. During Lent y...

One of the most impressive areas of growth for us is in the area of involvement in small groups in the church. Small group involvement is im...