Memorial Day weekend and a family reunion with the graveside service of a brother has given me pause. This morning during my prayer time, it hit me that I have been engaged in the ministry for now more than 40
Ash Wednesday Homily, 2015
The Apostle Paul confesses in Romans 7:18, “I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.” Saint Paul apparently struggled with New Years resolutions like the rest of us! Yet, one of the points of deepest confusion, even
Wherever We Go, Whatever the Mission, It Takes Leadership
Yesterday, the Kansas West Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church did its last business and celebrated its final worship service. I was a member of the conference for most of my ministry (until 2010) and I’m so glad I
Standing Committee on Faith and Order: What Happened? Or How Doctrine Teaches Us What to Care About
What happened to the standing Committee on Faith and Order, established, I think, by the 2008 General Conference? I looked at several UM websites to see what I could dig up and found precious little, except for announcements about the
Wanted: Virtuous Christians
(The following meditation I delivered in our campus Ash Wednesday service today. God’s blessings on you.) The English language, like all languages, is a living, changing thing. And sometimes its features are rather amusing. Take, for example, contronyms, words with