The Stumble of Grace
By Carolyn Moore - Like so many people, I’ve given chunks of time every day for months to pray against the virus, and against racism, and against all the crazy things that have cropped up as our collective nerves have gotten frayed. One of the best things I discovered...
Happy Warrior
Dr. William J. Abraham is an irreplaceable Irish import to United Methodism. He is an ordained elder of the Rio Texas Conference and the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas. He is the author of numerous books such as...
Archive: In Search of a Down-to-Earth Jesus
Archive: In Search of a Down-to-Earth Jesus The Meaning of the Incarnation for Today By Robert G. Tuttle, Jr. The more that I travel around the country speaking to Christian groups, the more I worry that we are losing track of the biblical Jesus. I get nervous every...
Archive: Good News Convocation Focuses on Being the Church
Archive: Good News Convocation Focuses on Being the Church "Jesus is not just about stopping things. He's about building His kingdom! The Kingdom is Christ, His authority and rule in the earth," evangelist Tom Skinner charged in his keynote address to the National...
Archive: Fire in Ceta Canyon
Archive: Fire in Ceta Canyon By Sandi Kirk Amidst the flatlands of West Texas, nestled in a canyon among cedar and cottonwood trees, hundreds of children gather in an open-air tabernacle. Instruments are sounding, hands are clapping, many arms are rising, tears are...
Archive: Methodism After Marx
Archive: Methodism After Marx By Mark Elliott "We are in between the collapse of communism and the return of a state church closely tied to the government." —Yugoslavian Methodist pastor Kitan Petreski All across East Central Europe longsuffering Methodist...
Archive: The Passing of a Prophet
Archive: The Passing of a Prophet By J. Wesley Bready John Wesley's final years were a prolonged and glorious evening, terminating in a golden sunset. If the face of the very young man had been ascetic, rigid, and slightly overbearing, that of the very old man was...
Archive: Slaying the Dragon of Fear
Archive: Slaying the Dragon of Fear By Ann Coker I should have been sound asleep! Tomorrow would be a very busy, but special day. Instead, I was wide awake, thinking. No, the right word is worrying. The special occasion was the wedding of our daughter's best friend...



