Month: June 2016
Let Us Pray by Kelcy Steele
June 29, 2016
We as a faith community must focus on how we can work to love our neighbors well, both in this and in our daily home, work, and play. This is an unspeakable tragedy and we should take extended time to mourn, to pray for the families of those murdered and injured, and to consider the depth of evil in the hearts of men that this senseless act represents.
Snapshot: What It’s Like to Worship in Nigeria by Kim Reisman
What would worship look like if it was more about giving than getting? Less about “being fed,” and more about offering praise?
It might look like worship in Nigeria and other places in Africa, where praises are not the only thing lifted through dance and song, but tithes and offerings as well, as dancing and singing Christ followers come forward to place their gifts in a basket.
Lost Faith And Piles Of Laundry by David Drury
June 27, 2016
I moved into my dorm room at college and unpacked a few suitcases and boxes. I took up half of…
Just How Angry Are You? by Carolyn Moore
June 23, 2016
The Institute for Ethics at Duke University conducted an online survey of about 1,500 people as part of a project…
Your Behavior Matters by Andy Stoddard
June 22, 2016
One of the most common phrases in our culture, and in the church as well, is “you can’t judge me….
Snapshot: Witness in Kenyan Methodism by Kim Reisman
The Methodist Wesleyan family is alive and well in East Africa! God is calling young women and men to minister through word, deed and sign – evangelists, church planters, teachers, pastors, doctors, lawyers, government officials – all Holy Spirit-inspired and ready to go where God leads them.
Lay People with A Vision by Kim Reisman
June 20, 2016
How many lay people do you know who exhibit vision for the inbreaking Kingdom of God?
Camp Meetings And Revivals In 21st Century North American Methodism by Elizabeth Glass Turner
A couple of generations ago in North America, camp meetings and revivals were not uncommon in many Wesleyan Methodist traditions,…
Steer Toward the Pain by Jeff Rudy
June 18, 2016
Compassion, in the Jesus way, is active – it steers toward the pain, joins folks in the valley of the shadow of death and finds some way to point to the hope of the resurrection.
Servant Paul, Not Apostle Paul, in Philippians by Tom Fuerst
June 16, 2016
When you look closely at the first few verses of Philippians, something quite unique stands out fairly quickly:
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
You’ll notice that Paul does not refer to himself as an apostle.