Dear Adam (Hamilton) and Other Centrists, When I wrote, recently, about my conviction that the current United Methodist Church needs to divide, I don’t think I made sufficiently clear that I recognize this admission as a sign of failure. Sometimes,
The Twentysomething Soul #3 – Evangelical Protestants
We have entered the Advent season, so this post comes with the prayer that your Advent preparations bring blessing to yourself and others. I continue to mull over the findings of Tim Clydesdale and Kathleen Garces-Foley in The Twentysomething Soul. Let’s
The Problem is Still Theological
A friend of mine pointed me yesterday to a tweet that states flatly, “‘Orthodoxy’ is code for white privilege, homophobia, racism and sexism.” There you have it. One group of United Methodists thinks another group of United Methodists (1) stubbornly
Unavoidable Orthodoxy
“Orthodox” or “orthodoxy,” used not in reference to church bodies often known as “Eastern” Orthodox, but in the more formal sense of “adhering to right beliefs,” has been much on my mind lately. Today, I posted on my Facebook timeline
Reversing the Implosion
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