24 / 7 Prayer
By Terry Teykl -- Paul wrote in I Thessalonians 5:17 “pray without ceasing” or “pray continually.” This verse has inspired so many over the years to set a goal of unceasing prayer – individually and as a team, like tag-team prayer. It has head waters in the upper room...
Medieval Illuminiation
By Steve Beard -- Dublin was still rubbing sleep from its eyes. It was the crack of dawn. Well, not literally – it just seemed that way. The sidewalks along historic statue-lined O’Connell Street were largely empty as I paced toward Trinity College on the south side...
Bishops Request Judicial Council Decision
By Thomas Lambrecht - The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is asking the JudicialCouncil for a declaratory decision on what petitions can be submitted to the denomination's Special Session of General Conference called for February 2019. The Council of...
Baltimore-Washington Defies Judicial Council
By Thomas Lambrecht - In response to six different annual conference boards of ordained ministry voting in 2016 not to comply with the Book of Discipline's qualifications for ministry in evaluating candidates, the Judicial Council ruled that "The Board's examination...
Tribalizing Methodism
By Scott Kisker - With the 2019 called General Conference looming, it is time to address the risks posed to our United Methodist polity as a peculiar articulation and preserver of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. The United Methodist Church is set up as...
The Power of a Transformed Life
By Steve Beard - If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here." -- Saint Paul (II Corinthian 5:17). An essential element of the magnetism of the Christian message is the opportunity for a second chance, a clean slate. When we...
Northwest United Methodist Defiance
By Thomas Lambrecht - United Methodists in the Greater Northwest Area, under the leadership of Bishop Elaine J.W. Stanovsky, have again decided to disregard the letter and spirit of United Methodist Church teachings. Indeed, it seems Stanovsky has gone out of her way...
Commentary: Now Is the Moment to Debunk the Evangelical Takeover Myth
By Elizabeth Glass Turner - “What we are facing is a classic Evangelical Takeover. We are the Southern Baptist Church, 30 years later. Those behind the Evangelical takeover are well funded, well-organized, and have no interest in taking prisoners.” Those who raise an...
