In response to my previous post about UM leaders not giving up on church related colleges and universities, a friend challenged me with some probing questions. He couldn’t see, for example, how my claim that we can develop a robustly
In response to my previous post about UM leaders not giving up on church related colleges and universities, a friend challenged me with some probing questions. He couldn’t see, for example, how my claim that we can develop a robustly
I’ve been working for a UM-related college or university since 1995. During that time, in a variety of ways, I’ve heard an alarming number of church leaders admit that they have essentially given up expecting denominational schools to make any
In all our United Methodist fussing with one another, one question consistently emerges in my mind: do we think that God actually talks to us? How would we recognize divine speech if we think God does talk to us? At
I have now passed 30 Father’s Days since Dad died just after Christmas in 1983. Today, like millions of others remembering their fathers, I’ve been thinking about and remembering with gratitude, Cecil Leroy Rankin. Certain other annual events also make me
On occasion, I write a post that I’d rather not. This is one. Many people are blogging about the proposals floating for United Methodist division or unity. I feel obligated to add my two cents’ worth. With fervent sincerity I