General Conference Options
By Thomas Lambrecht As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ramp up across the U.S. and around the world, church leaders are thinking once again of General Conference, scheduled for August 29-September 7, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are rumors floating around...
Water is Life
Photography by Mike DuBose, story by Kathy L. Gilbert - “Water is life,” the women sing. At 4:30 a.m., it is pitch black in the village of Mzira in Malawi – a nation wedged between Zambia, Mozambique, and Tanzania. In the early morning sky, the Southern Cross and the...
Archive: The Problem of Grunt and Groan Spirituality
Archive: The Problem of Grunt and Groan Spirituality By Robert G. Tuttle Jr. Just before I walked into the pulpit of a large midwestern church, I was introduced to a distinguished looking gentleman who was described as the most spiritual man in the church. Quite...
Archive: Here Comes Jesus
Archive: Here Comes Jesus Mission & Evangelism in South India By Carroll Ferguson Hunt It is Sunday morning in Madras. Sixteen ceiling fans stir the heavy coastal air as people choose their places on the wooden benches that fill the sanctuary of the Tamil...
Archive: The Joy of Serving Others
Archive: The Joy of Serving Others By Boyce A. Bowdon About 2:30 in the morning on December 14, 1989, a car driven by Dale Bowser veered off the road, knocked down a gas meter, hit a tree, crashed into a cement culvert, and finally came to rest in a ditch....
Archive: Matching Our Walk with Our Talk
Archive: Matching Our Walk with Our Talk By Kenneth Cain Kinghorn Kenneth Cain Kinghorn recently received a letter from a bishop of the United Methodist Church in which the bishop lamented the inconsistent lives of professing Christians. He invited Dr. Kinghorn—vice...
Archive: Four Corners for Jesus
Archive: Four Corners for Jesus By Lorena Lynch November/December 1993 I was not born into a Christian family. In fact, in the 1940s less than five percent of my people were Christian; so my story is similar to that of many others who grew up on the reservation in...
Archive: Playing Skillfully
Archive: Playing Skillfully By Marilyn N. Anderes Politically correct. We hear it everywhere. The media exalts what the establishment dictates. The problem is that our morally deficient establishment elevates tolerance over truth. Samuel confronted a similar culture....
