{"id":7278,"date":"2023-05-25T09:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/?p=7278"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:22:36","slug":"working-preacher-hits-1m-podcast-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/working-preacher-hits-1m-podcast-downloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Preacher hits 1M+ podcast downloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working Preacher\u2019s podcasts reached an impressive milestone in January, hitting more than 1 million downloads. Working Preacher, a collection of educational resources from Luther Seminary, has three podcasts. \u201cSermon Brainwave\u201d offers weekly conversation on Revised Common Lectionary readings, while the \u201cNarrative Lectionary\u201d podcast does the same for Narrative Lectionary readings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking Preacher Books\u201d discusses theological books published by Working Preacher in partnership with Fortress Press. Together, the podcasts offer hundreds of hours of insights and inspiration for Christian leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The significant number of downloads, combined with nearly 260,000 views on Working Preacher\u2019s YouTube channel, suggest that the podcasts have reached more than 1.3 million people since March 2020, said <strong>Ben McDonald Coltvet<\/strong>, associate director of digital content for Luther Seminary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are amazing numbers, and it\u2019s thanks to our faculty co-hosts and the continued commitment of our team to show up for recording sessions with insights, wisdom, humor, and compassion in each episode that we record,\u201d McDonald Coltvet said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: solid 5px #acacae; padding: 5px; margin-top: 25px;\">\n<h2>Read more from Summer 2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/listening-and-learning\/\">Listening and learning<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/meeting-jesus-at-the-park\/\">Meeting Jesus at the park<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/an-updated-education-for-a-changing-church\">An updated education for a changing church<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/act-two\">Act two<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/a-visual-calling-the-story-behind-the-most-popular-cartoons-at-luther-seminary\">A visual calling: The story behind the most-popular cartoons at Luther Seminary<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/families-honored-as-garden-of-the-resurrection-is-relocated\">Families honored as garden of resurrection is relocated<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/faithlead-reaches-new-audiences\">Faith+Lead reaches new audiences<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/in-honor-of-retiring-faculty-and-staff\">In Honor of retiring faculty and staff<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/working-preacher-hits-1m-podcast-downloads\">Working Preacher hits 1M+ podcast downloads<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/new-faces-on-campus\">New faces on campus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/2023-commencement\">2023 Commencement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/why-is-your-favorite-stole-meaningful\/\">Why is your favorite stole meaningful?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/faculty-and-staff-notes\">Faculty and staff notes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/alumni-news\">Alumni news<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working Preacher\u2019s podcasts reached an impressive milestone in January, hitting more than 1 million downloads. Working Preacher, a collection of educational resources from Luther Seminary, has three podcasts. \u201cSermon Brainwave\u201d offers weekly conversation on Revised Common Lectionary readings, while the \u201cNarrative Lectionary\u201d podcast does the same for Narrative Lectionary readings. \u201cWorking Preacher Books\u201d discusses theological [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5147,"featured_media":7449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"issue-summer-2023","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Working Preacher hits 1M+ podcast downloads - Luther Seminary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/working-preacher-hits-1m-podcast-downloads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Working Preacher hits 1M+ podcast downloads - Luther Seminary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Working Preacher\u2019s podcasts reached an impressive milestone in January, hitting more than 1 million downloads. 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