Taking Stock of Methodism’s Shift
Taking Stock of Methodism’s Shift -- By Thomas Lambrecht -- At the end of July, we reached the climax of church disaffiliations for the year. The flurry of spring annual conferences approved several thousand church disaffiliations, meaning most of the churches that...
When Life Doesn’t Go According to Script
When Life Doesn't Go According to Script -- By Elizabeth Glass-Turner -- What do you do when you do what you’re supposed to do and it doesn’t go right? What are you supposed to think when your best preparations, intentions, and actions seem to go to waste or lead to...
Water is Life
Photography by Mike DuBose, story by Kathy L. Gilbert - “Water is life,” the women sing. At 4:30 a.m., it is pitch black in the village of Mzira in Malawi – a nation wedged between Zambia, Mozambique, and Tanzania. In the early morning sky, the Southern Cross and the...
Don’t Take My Word for It: Read Wesley Yourself
Don't Take My Word for It: Read Wesley Yourself By Jason Vickers In his splendid introduction to St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation, C. S. Lewis observed that people often think that older books or primary sources are more difficult to understand than secondary works...
Glide Leaves Methodism
By Thomas Lambrecht - Resolution is finally in sight after two contentious years of strife between Bishop Minerva Carcaño of the California-Nevada Annual Conference (CNAC) and the leadership of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco, a progressive...
Popes, Politicians & John Perkins
Popes, Politicians & John Perkins By Courtney Lott 2021 In 1972, Time magazine implemented what is now known as “Person of the Year.” Far from an automatic honor, this distinction merely designates someone as a representation of the year that has just...
Jack Hayford: Pastor to Pastors
By Steve Beard Over the last 40 years, one of the most popular modern day hymns is “Majesty, Worship His Majesty” written by Jack Hayford. Congregations from all denominations around the globe have sung it with reverence and gusto. Included in The United Methodist...
All Things New
By Max S. Wilkins - “And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, ‘Today – at the latest, tomorrow – we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.’ You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re...
