Celebrating Cicely Tyson
By Steve Beard- Internationally-known for her six decades on stage and screen, award-winning actress Cicely Tyson died on Thursday at the age of 96. “I come from lowly status. I grew up in an area that was called the slums at the time,” Tyson said while receiving an...
Finishing Well
By Thomas Lambrecht - It may seem out of place to talk about finishing well when the year has just begun. The senior pastor at the church I attend just announced his planned retirement. He is the founding pastor of this church and has served well for over 43 years...
Archive: When Will It Stop?
Archive: When Will It Stop? by Dennis F. Kinlaw The Spring 1970 Asbury College Ambassador carried this column written by then president, Dennis Kinlaw. His answer to the question posed in the title has new significance 25 years after the Asbury College Revival. Two...
Archive: One More Divine Moment
Archive: One More Divine Moment By David J. Gyertson, 1995 -- Throughout history, men and women have consistently exhibited a deep-seated need to know God and experience his presence. Even the most skeptical wrestle with the undeniable inward presence of a God-shaped...
Archive: A Wesleyan View of the Episcopacy
Archive: A Wesleyan View of the Episcopacy By Kenneth Cain Kinghorn The roots of the United Methodist episcopacy reach back to September 1, 1784 when—in a private home in Bristol, England—John Wesley "set apart" the Anglican clergyman Dr. Thomas Coke as...
Archive: Whatever Happened to Heresy
Archive: Whatever Happened to Heresy By Riley B. Case The dictionary defines heresy as "opinion held in opposition to commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote division or dissension." Mention of heresy is off-limits among many United Methodists. It would...
Archive: Fasting Unto God
Archive: Fasting Unto God By Barbara V. Meyers Christians everywhere are entering the 40 days before Easter called Lent. What do these weeks in the church year mean to us today? If we think of it at all, the answer would probably involve abstaining from certain foods....
Archive: Redefining Humanity
Archive: Redefining Humanity Crossing the threshold of embryo experimentation by Richard John Neuhaus A panel of 19 experts appointed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recommended federal funding for conceiving human embryos in the laboratory for the...
