Month: January 2015
Justifying Grace by Jeff Rudy
January 31, 2015
If we desire that Christ brings us the grace to renew us and breathe new life into us, that admits quite simply that there is something about and in us that is old and dead and in need of being renewed. So, somehow, someway we must come to terms with that in ourselves which isn’t as it ought to be, and to admit that we are not able to make ourselves be what we ought to be on our own.
“Selma” And The Embodiment Of Discipleship by Cole Bodkin
January 29, 2015
A week before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day my wife and I went to go see the film Selma. This…
The Virtue Of Pastoral Leadership by Andrew Thompson
January 28, 2015
I returned recently from a trip to the beautiful hill country of north Alabama. While there I spent a day…
Setting The Tone by Carrie Carter
January 27, 2015
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable,…
Hidden Heroes: The AWOL Hero by Talbot Davis
January 24, 2015
And yet look at what Paul says in Philemon: “was useless; is useful.” And then he grows much more intimate by the time of Colossians 4 – faithful, dear brother, one of you. And I wonder: how do you go from that to that? From outside to inside? From failure to brother? From deserves death to becomes family? I think of how easy it would have been for Onesimus to lurk in the shadows of the church even after his conversion, to stay detached, uninvolved, excluded, to be and get what he deserved. And get this: it would have been so tempting to use his past and use his failure as an excuse. They won’t accept me. I’m AWOL and a thief.
How A Reluctant Mentor Learns To Be An Adequate Leader by Talbot Davis
January 22, 2015
I have recently come to a realization that has helped me enormously in increasing my leadership ability when it comes to both the staff at Good Shepherd and younger clergy in the United Methodist Church…
The Methodist Band Meeting: Confession Is For Protestants Too by Kevin Watson
January 21, 2015
Methodists gathered together because they were convinced that growth in holiness was most likely to happen in community.
How To See The Future by Mark Trotter
January 17, 2015
We know that what we do here in Holy Communion is look forward to that day when life will finally be the way God wants it to be.
Branded: The Iconoclasm Of Marketing by Elizabeth Glass Turner
January 12, 2015
This is not an anti-technology diatribe. There are enough diatribes in the world, I think: talking heads, Facebook rants, raised…
Hidden Heroes: The What Can Brown Do For You? Hero y Talbot Davis
January 10, 2015
God’s word is better delivered in obscurity than by celebrity. The greatest impact usually happens when no one notices.