Methodist Heritage: Spirit May Join Many Protestants
Methodist Heritage: Spirit May Join Many Protestants By Louis Cassels, United Press International April 6, 1967 Published in The Ledger & Times (Murray, Kentucky) The ecumenical spirit has persuaded Protestants and Catholics to accent one another as brothers in...
New wave of United Methodist bishops elected
United Methodist News – After electing 13 new bishops during their November 2-5 meetings, the denomination’s five U.S. jurisdictional conferences announced episcopal assignments effective January 1. Jurisdictional leaders recommended electing 14 new bishops; however,...
Unity or Truth?
By Thomas Lambrecht- Many see the conflict currently raging in The United Methodist Church as a contest between unity and truth. Is it more important to follow what we believe to be the truth or to stay united as a denomination? There are both progressives and...
Unity’s Catcher’s Mitt
By Rob Renfroe- Imagine that there was a package under your Christmas tree with your name on it. The paper was bright and colorful. The bow was beautiful with just enough glitter that it sparkled in the glow of the lights on the tree. With packaging like that, you...
From Party Boy to Water Source
Scott Harrison grew up as a “good Christian kid.” His family was happy, until they weren’t. When a carbon monoxide leak in their home destroyed his mother’s immune system, Scott began to take care of everything around the house. At the age of 18 he escaped into music...
Swimming Against the Stream
The Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers died while traveling in Switzerland on September 29, 2017. She was 85. The obituary from the Minnesota Annual Conference was on target: “Always on the leading edge of historical shifts in culture, Rev. Powers was a global-level advocate...
Wayfinding Home
By Steve Beard For three years, they were ultimately voyaging back home. Along the way, they circumnavigated the globe – without so much as a compass. The crew of the Hokule’a, a 62-foot-long Polynesian sailing canoe, traversed more than 40,000 nautical miles in its...
Unleashed for Ministry
By Cara Nicklas- I want to see revival in our church. I want to be part of a movement of God. And the church as an institution excites me only in so far as that institution is willing to submit itself to that larger movement of God. Our church is at a crossroads. Some...
