Good News Archive — Methodist Heritage: Peter Cartwright (1785-1872)
Good News Archive: Methodist Heritage: Peter Cartwright (1785-1872) -- By Edmund Robb III Good News, March-April 1976 In the fall of 1818, Peter Cartwright was invited by one of the prominent Presbyterian pastors of Nashville to preach in his church on Monday evening....
Facing Your Jericho
Facing Your Jericho By Stephen A. Seamands Jericho is staring Joshua in the face, with its imposing, impenetrable walls towering over him. This was a fortified city if there ever was one, armed with all the sophisticated weaponry of that day. It was in lockdown...
Grateful for Care-givers
We are so thankful for the amazing care-givers and first-responders who have stepped into the spotlight during this COVID-19 pandemic. Angela Gleaves, a nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, posted this uplifting photo on Facebook amid...
The Myth of “Progress”
By Thomas Lambrecht - One often hears that Methodism used to believe the "wrong" thing about slavery, the ordination of women, and the affirmation of same-sex relationships, and that Methodism moved to believe the "right" thing about slavery and the ordination of...
How Long, O Lord?
By Tom Lambrecht - Someone shared a video with me the other day that showed a three-year-old girl sitting in her house by the glass patio door looking out. She repeatedly shouted, "I hate this house! I hate this house! I hate this house!" I think many of us are right...
Weapons of our Warfare
By Bishop Frank J. Beard - "... Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever." - II Chronicles 20:21b Our world is under attack by a ruthless enemy -- one that does not come from God. It is the job of every Christian and every church to unify and wage...
Regard for the Weak
By Tom Lambrecht - In this time of pandemic and "lockdown," we are all dealing with new realities that we have never experienced before. As I work from home, I can look out the front window of my house. Half the traffic during the day on our street is delivery trucks...
Implications of Postponing General Conference
By Thomas Lambrecht - By now, I am sure you are aware that General Conference has been postponed until sometime in 2021. A date and place for the rescheduled conference has not been announced and may not be for a few weeks. Beyond question, this was the right...
