In a previous post, I talked about United Methodism’s implosion. Of course, we are not a building. We are a people. Hence, the implosion can be reversed. What do we do to make the reversal happen? It’s time for me
In a previous post, I talked about United Methodism’s implosion. Of course, we are not a building. We are a people. Hence, the implosion can be reversed. What do we do to make the reversal happen? It’s time for me
The blogosphere is in hyperdrive over the Newtown tragedy. I’ve already weighed in once and am still thinking. How does one offer perspectives that very well may sound harsh and uncaring, but are meant as pastoral reflections? I shall try.
John Wesley begins the concluding paragraph of his third discourse on the Sermon on the Mount in this way: “Behold Christianity in its native form; as delivered by its great Author! This is the genuine religion of Jesus Christ.” When
The conflicts of Israel and Palestine, always simmering and recently boiling over, have entered our awareness again. Again, we confront the tensions of viewpoints and the complexities of opinion about whom to hold responsible and what to do. Academics wax
Having finished N.T. Wright’s How God Became King (see September 27 post), a few somewhat scattered and searching thoughts. First, my conviction about the old Methodist division remains strong and grows. A reading of Wright’s book will challenge that problem and