Beautifully Mended
By Nako Kellum - My father is a potter. He lives in Japan. After his retirement, he began to study pottery, and since then, he has produced hundreds of cups, bowls, and vases. He has given me a chalice set for Holy Communion, and several mugs, cups, and rice bowls. I...
Give Me Jesus
By Maggie Ulmer - There’s a song. An old hymn called “Give Me Jesus.” The words are to the point: “You can have all this world. Give me Jesus.” When I think of what I wish most for my children, it’s that they would understand the profound truth of that simple lyric....
Archive: Oh, but We Couldn’t Do That!
Archive: Oh, but We Couldn’t Do That! June 1967 By William Harry Fetz Several of us were talking together about a local religious sect whose members forced their way into homes to insist that their particular non-Christian views be accepted as the ultimate truth of...
Archive: Our Lost Sheep
Archive: Our Lost Sheep June 1967 Editorial by Charles W. Keysor, 1967 The air is thick, these days, with suggestions for what The Methodist Church needs most. If we may be so bold as to add our voice to the clamor for church renewal, we suggest that some thing must...
Archive: A Methodist Perspective on Berlin
Archive: A Methodist Perspective on Berlin March 1867 By Michael W. Walker, Associate Minister, Cosa Linda Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas Over 1200 delegates and observers gathered in Berlin from 100 countries around the world to attend the World Congress on...
Archive: Listen to the Wesleys
Archive: Listen to the Wesleys March 1967 By Charles W. Keyson, Editor There is something forever "relevant" about the thinking of great Christians. They articulate the truth of the Gospel, so they deal with matters that really matter to people in every age. One of...
Archive: A Methodist Prayer Crusade
Archive: A Methodist Prayer Crusade March 1967 By James P. Rush, Pastor, Wesley Methodist Church, Woodland Hills, California The increasingly vocal "new theology of man come of age," as I understand it, states that my selfhood, and my situation in the world in the...
Archive: Let Us Pray Without Ceasing
Archive: Let Us Pray Without Ceasing March 1967 By Homer M. Martin, Jr., Pastor, Trinity Methodist Church, Muskogee, Oklahoma The capacity to pray is one of God's outstanding gifts to mankind. This relationship be tween Creator and created will manifest itself in a...
