Celebrating Saint Brigid’s Day
Celebrating Saint Brigid's Day By Steve Beard -- In Ireland, the first day of February is St. Brigid’s Day, as well as the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, marking new birth and the threshold of spring. It was recently christened as an Irish government...
How We Got Here: The History of UM Conflict (Part 2)
By Thomas Lambrecht -- In Part 1 of this series, the roots of our United Methodist conflict were examined, including what led up to the 2019 special General Conference. Part 2 covers the response to the 2019 General Conference and the events leading up to the present...
Which Way Forward in St. Louis?
By Thomas Lambrecht - The special called General Conference on February 23-26, 2019, is fast approaching. Over the next several weeks, delegates will be focusing on the proposals with singular and prayerful attention, hoping to find a solution to the 40-year conflict...
Crown of Creation
By Dennis W. Derr - Ash Wednesday is a most unusual day. It begins the season of Lent, a 40 day period before Easter Sunday (excluding Sundays). It is a religious season of fasting and prayer arising from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The...
WCA Plans New Methodist Future
By Kathy L. Gilbert and Thomas Kim - The Wesleyan Covenant Association began working on a contingency plan for a Methodist movement within or outside of The United Methodist Church — a plan that depends on the decisions coming from the 2019 General Conference. The...
Unashamed
By Bishop Scott J. Jones - Serving Christ with biblical faithfulness, intellectual integrity, and cultural relevance has become increasingly difficult in my lifetime. Nevertheless, I can repeat with joy the words of the apostle Paul: “I am not ashamed of the gospel;...
Scriptural Preaching
By Joy Moore - Preaching scriptural holiness means being unashamed in a post-theistic world to say there is a God. God is here. And wherever God is, there is life. There is hope because there is newness. Our job is not to start a revival. Our job is to be those who...
Messy Grace
By Leah Hidde-Gregory - I am the woman at the well. Don’t worry, I haven’t been married five times – but it would not have mattered to Jesus if I had been because his grace is just that messy. My story is a bit messy. It didn’t start out that way. I was born and...
