by Rev. Douglas S. Stivison

If we look at ethics with any seriousness at all, we are immediately confronted with the questions about our own actions — in the voting booth, in the marketplace, in our homes, on the job, everywhere. It is impossible to abdicate ethical decision making because even abdication and inaction have moral and ethical dimensions.

by William J. Sappenfield

Discipleship is a voluntary response to love, requiring constant examination of motives, ongoing communication and never ending learning.

by David Lee Jones

Authentic discipleship is a way of being, not becoming, that shapes our lives.

by Stephen Johnson

Preachers must move into that place where the cross of Christ bridges the distance between rich and poor.

by Michael Monshau

The credible preacher is able to respond honestly to parishioners with the heartfelt words, “I know. I understand.”

by Peter Gathje

To refuse to enter into relationship with the poor is to refuse to enter into God’s redemptive love.

by LeAnne Snow Flesher

If we are going to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ seriously we must be at the work of doing theology on behalf of the poor.

by June Birge

The Board of Trustees and the Editorial Board of The Living Pulpit mourn the passing of June Bingham Birge on August 21, 2007. This was the last article she wrote in her unique lifetime and distinguished career.

by Ralph Clingan

Are we readers of deadly dull essays or lively preachers of sermons?

by Jill Schaeffer

Scripture is the blank page on which the human imagination writes.

by Kathleen Borres

Opening our hearts and our minds to the treasures of Scripture.

by Kirk Woodward

The preacher asks, “What do I do to respond to the demands of the Word?”