Primary Reasons for Separation
By Thomas Lambrecht - As we approach a possible separation in The United Methodist Church this year, one of the important questions to answer is, “Why should we separate?” There are many reasons for the conflict in our church that have led us to this point. Rob...
Celebrating Cicely Tyson
By Steve Beard- Internationally-known for her six decades on stage and screen, award-winning actress Cicely Tyson died on Thursday at the age of 96. “I come from lowly status. I grew up in an area that was called the slums at the time,” Tyson said while receiving an...
Archive: Whatever Happened to Heresy
Archive: Whatever Happened to Heresy By Riley B. Case The dictionary defines heresy as "opinion held in opposition to commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote division or dissension." Mention of heresy is off-limits among many United Methodists. It would...
Archive: Fasting Unto God
Archive: Fasting Unto God By Barbara V. Meyers Christians everywhere are entering the 40 days before Easter called Lent. What do these weeks in the church year mean to us today? If we think of it at all, the answer would probably involve abstaining from certain foods....
Archive: Redefining Humanity
Archive: Redefining Humanity Crossing the threshold of embryo experimentation by Richard John Neuhaus A panel of 19 experts appointed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recommended federal funding for conceiving human embryos in the laboratory for the...
Archive: Who Do You Say That I Am?
Archive: Who Do You Say That I Am? By David R. Bauer Within the last several years there has been a heated discussion regarding the influence of feminist theology within the United Methodist Church. That was highlighted last year with the Women's Division's...
Archive: Confessing Christ in the Midst of Tyranny
Archive: Confessing Christ in the Midst of Tyranny In every age the church has had to resist accommodation to non-Christian policies and ideologies. The German church's confrontation with Democratic Socialism during World War II described in the article below,...
Archive: Trinitarian Language
Archive: Trinitarian Language By Geoffrey Wainwright In the matter of sexism, I have no wish to support the oppression of any group of Christians, or indeed any human being at all, by any other. But sympathy for some aspects of a cause, as with the position of women...
