Why Preaching Requires Blood | p. 19 |
"How?" Is Not the Question That Gets Us Up in the Morning | p. 23 |
Truthfulness Will Set You Free | p. 27 |
Toward a New (Old) Way of Preaching | p. 32 |
Preaching on the Run - Toward a Simpler Way to Prepare | p. 35 |
Monday: A Prayer before the Word: On 1 John 5:9-13 | |
Choosing Texts - The Lectionary, the Christian Year, and Forming an Alternative People | p. 41 |
Thirty to Sixty Minutes Each Monday | p. 46 |
Let the Stories Crawl Out All by Themselves | p. 49 |
How to Be Good (at Preaching) | p. 51 |
Preaching as an Alternative to Violence | p. 55 |
Tuesday: A Prayer before the Word: On Philippians 4:1-9 | |
On Tuesdays I Chase Words | p. 61 |
On Crossing the Line - The Public Preaching of Our Private Darkness | p. 63 |
Do Preachers Really Have This Freedom? | p. 66 |
Hospitals (and Those in Them) Need the Word of God | p. 70 |
Preaching and War | p. 74 |
Wednesday: A Prayer before the Word: On 2 Kings 5:1-14 | |
Wednesdays - Reading the Agenda(s) of the Text | p. 81 |
How Do I Organize This Stuff for the Sermon? | p. 85 |
When Disaster Strikes - Dare We Preach Such Flimsy Words? | p. 92 |
Preaching Jesus Up Against the Jesus of Suburbia | p. 97 |
Change and Conflict - To What (or Whom) Will You Lend Your Voice? | p. 100 |
Thursday: A Prayer before the Word: On Genesis 1:1-5 | |
Thursdays Are for Writing | p. 107 |
Illustration | p. 110 |
Street Preaching - Ministering the Word ... Bodily | p. 117 |
The Word on the Street - Seizing the Moment | p. 121 |
There Is No Innocent Preaching | p. 125 |
Friday: A Prayer before the Word: On Luke 24:1-12 | |
On Friday, "Preacher, Stop and Listen" | p. 133 |
Dissent from Death - Preaching the Funeral | p. 138 |
Preach Christ, Not the Deceased | p. 141 |
Fear of the Other - Preaching as Disarmament | p. 145 |
Preaching at a Time of National (or Any) Election | p. 151 |
Saturday: A Prayer before the Word: On Mark 5:21-43 | |
The Word at the Wedding - Why We Don't Preach Marriage | p. 159 |
Living with Chronic Disease - The Preacher's Teacher | p. 163 |
Teaching Other Preachers | p. 167 |
Practicing the Sermon | p. 171 |
If Your Sermon's a Dog, Walk It Proudly | p. 175 |
Sunday: A Prayer before the Word: On Jeremiah 1; 1 Samuel 4:10-22 | |
"Do Not Be Afraid" (A Sermon on 1 Samuel 4) | p. 181 |
Preaching Naked | p. 190 |
Mystic Preaching | p. 195 |
Learning to Enter Sabbath - A Preacher's Sunday | p. 199 |
Why You Must Not Work Too Hard | p. 202 |
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