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In many churches about this time of year, stewardship teams kick into high gear composing stewardship communications. Pastors also start to search the internet for stewardship sermon ideas and illustrations. Well, I hope today’s post might help inform both those activities. In it, the Reverend Lisa Cressman suggests that avoiding money-talk hurts more than our budgets. Indeed, she argues that

WorkingPreacher.org is a first-rate (and free) preaching resource produced by Luther Seminary’s Center for Biblical Preaching. Since its 2007 launch, WorkingPreacher.org has featured contributions from more than 270 authors representing at least a dozen different Christian traditions. Here’s what’s on tap every week: Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary texts by Bible and preaching scholars Sermon Brainwave podcast — informal

It’s about time that people really read this text (John 4:5-42), rather than simply projecting onto it their fears about immorality. David Lose has a great reflection on it up at the Huffington Post. Here’s an excerpt: “Why? Because Jesus has ‘seen’ her. He has seen her plight — of dependence, not immorality. He has recognized her, spoken with her,

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