Images of UM Fracture
By Thomas Lambrecht - The current focus of our denomination is rightly on how to do effective ministry in the midst of a pandemic and how to understand and address racism in our nation and in our church. For most of our pastors and leaders, there is not much bandwidth...
Working for Good
By Rob Renfroe - One of the great counterintuitive truths of our faith is that God brings good out of bad. What human beings mean for evil, God often uses to bring about a new and better day. There is no greater example than the cross. Our Lord Jesus – pure, innocent,...
Archive: Fake Fruit
Archive: Fake Fruit By Mark Rutland Desperate for employment, a depression-era farmer applied at a passing circus. At the circus office door he made an impassioned plea. "I'll do anything," he begged. At this the manager's eyes lit up. "You're hired," he nearly...
Archive: What in the World is America?
Archive: What in the World is America? Is our example of freedom an inspiration to the world? Or is it an impediment? By Richard John Neuhaus Unlike most other historic powers, America is not a nation by demographic and geographic accident, nor is it demarcated by the...
Archive: In Search of Heaven
Archive: In Search of Heaven By James S. Robb Funerals affect people in different ways. Some people are tearful; others are depressed. A few brave spirits try to be joyful. I'm usually awestruck. We Christians are expert rhetoricians. We talk endlessly about such...
Archive: Black UM Leaders Urge UM Growth
Archive: Black UM Leaders Urge UM Growth Teams from 50 inner-city, metropolitan, small-town and rural churches, each representing an annual conference, met in August in Atlanta for the first national United Methodist Black Church Growth Consultation. The consultation...
Archive: Storey Clarifies South African Crisis
Archive: Storey Clarifies South African Crisis South Africa remains at the forefront of world controversies. Most United Methodists know they oppose apartheid, the racist system which defrauds black South Africans of their rights. However, many find the details of the...
Archive: C.S. LEWIS ON CHRISTMAS
Archive: C.S. LEWIS ON CHRISTMAS By Kathryn Lindskoog Our earliest description of Christmas from C. S. Lewis is a bitter one. The year was 1922. As usual C. S. Lewis and his brother, Warren, spent the holidays with their widowed father in his big house outside Belfast...
