The Real St. Patrick
By Steve Beard - While sifting through obscure Spanish colonial records, it was discovered a few years ago that the very first St. Patrick’s Day parade was not conducted in Boston, Chicago, nor New York City. Instead, the Irish feast day was celebrated in modern day...
Does Regionalization Replace Separation?
By Thomas Lambrecht - There are two proposals that would change United Methodism by creating different regional versions in the various geographical areas of the church: Africa, Europe, the Philippines, and the U.S. One proposal is from the Connectional Table and the...
Archive: Submerged Christianity
Archive: Submerged Christianity By Chris Kam January/February 2000 Good News “I fear, wherever riches have increased the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion. Therefore I do not see how it is possible, in the nature of things, for any revival of...
Archive: Easter People sparks renewal within British Methodism
Archive: Easter People sparks renewal within British Methodism July/August 1999 Good News Easter People, a dynamic evangelical event in British Methodism, met for their yearly celebration during the week following Easter. The event has grown from 800 in 1988 to about...
Archive: John Wesley’s View of the Kingdom
Archive: John Wesley’s View of the Kingdom By Joel B. Green January/February 1999 Good News “Preaching in the evening at Spitalfields on “Prepare to meet thy God,” I largely showed the utter absurdity of the supposition that the world was to end that night. But...
Archive: Thoughts on the Kingdom
Archive: Thoughts on the Kingdom January/February 1999 Good News God's reign "The kingdom of God is basically the rule of God. It is God's reign, the divine sovereignty in action. God's reign, however, is manifested in several realms, and the gospels speak of entering...
Shake, rattle and repent: Spin gets religion
Shake, rattle and repent: Spin gets religion By Steve Beard Good News November/December 1997 British clergyman Gerald Coates was fond of saying: “God is doing more behind our backs than he is doing in front of our eyes.” In other words, God pops up in the most...
Farewell to a princess and a saint
Farewell to a princess and a saint By Steve Beard Good News November/December 1997 Even weeks after the fact, people are still talking about it. After all, within five days the world lost its two most beloved women. Mother Teresa died at age 87 of a heart...
