The Marks of a Methodist 3: Discipline
The Marks of a Methodist 3: Discipline - By Thomas Lambrecht - This series of articles has been looking at the marks of a Methodist, as expounded by Bishop Gerald Kennedy in 1960. How has the expression of Methodism changed or remained the same in the last 60 years?...
For All the Saints …
For All the Saints ... By Scott N. Field - In America, Halloween is the second biggest holiday of the year, based on consumer spending. Without a doubt it almost completely overshadows the day from which it derives its name. “Halloween” is the contracted form of “All...
Not Losing Hope on the Road to Emmaus
By Reverend Rob Renfroe - Just one week earlier the two men had come to Jerusalem. On what would later be called Palm Sunday, they entered the city with Jesus. Their hearts swelled as the crowds shouted his name and called him king. They watched him enter the Temple...
From Skeptic To Believer
By Eric Huffman - Finding the drawer full of teeth was the point of no return along my journey into cynicism. I was eight or nine years old when, while ransacking my mom’s bedside table in search of loose change because the ice cream truck was fast approaching, I...
The Spirit of 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...
Review: Perfect Love
By Andrew C. Thompson - John Wesley met with a group of Methodist preachers in London for a watch-night service on February 6, 1789. It was just two years before his death, and Wesley was an old man. Yet age and infirmity did not hinder him from impressing upon...
Hearts of Fire with Perfect Love
By Kevin M. Watson - Methodism is in the midst of an identity crisis. We have forgotten who we are. We have abandoned our theological heritage. God raised up the people called Methodists to preach, teach, and experience one core doctrine. This doctrine is Methodism’s...
Review: Prayer In The Night
By Elizabeth Glass Turner - There is a point when dog-earing a book becomes an exercise in futility. My copy of Tish Harrison Warren’s Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep is accordioned with an absurdly unhelpful number of dog-eared pages. The...
