A Time for Clarity
As you are probably aware, the Commission on the General Conference announced on February 26 that the 2020 General Conference has now been postponed until August 29, 2022. This is a second postponement, General Conference having previously been moved from May 2020 to...
A Fresh Start
By Thomas Lambrecht - Sometimes in life, there is no substitute for a fresh start. That is what the newly announced Global Methodist Church (GMC) offers. Texas experienced near-record freezing temperatures a couple weeks ago. As a native of Wisconsin, I’m used to the...
Archive: Re-Imagining Community gathers in Minneapolis
Archive: Re-Imagining Community gathers in Minneapolis By Jeanene Hoppe The 1995 Re-Imagining Conference continued where the previous two conferences left off in challenging basic tenets of the Christian faith. Held November 3 and 4 in Minneapolis, the gathering...
Archive: Too Much Instruction—Not Enough Direction
Archive: Too Much Instruction—Not Enough Direction By Duffy Robbins I've been involved lately in some intense one-on-one ministry with a teenager in our area. We have spent long hours together, some of it in the midst of real trial, sometimes with heated conversation,...
Archive: How to start a Prayer Room in Your Church
Archive: How to start a Prayer Room in Your Church by Jim Leggett More than two years ago, Good News ran an article by Terry Teykl entitled, "Why You Should Start A Prayer Room." The article motivated me to start a prayer room in my church of about 100 worshippers...
Archive: Healing our Doctrinal Dyslexia
Archive: Healing our Doctrinal Dyslexia By William J. Abraham One of the most heartening features of life in the United Methodist Church is the deep yearning for renewal that can be detected at almost all levels of the church. In the patchwork of renewal movements...
Archive: Too Much Arrival—Not Enough Survival
Archive: Too Much Arrival—Not Enough Survival By Duffy Robbins The Christian life is a marathon. It is not about speed; it is about distance. It's not about how fast our kids grow; it's about how far our kids grow. If we want to nurture in our students a faith that...
Archive: Precious Extract
Archive: Precious Extract The customer entered the pet store looking for bird to take home. There before him perched two parrots. They were identical in size and color, yet one bird had a list price of $75 while the other boasted a $150 tag. Looking to the proprietor,...
