Month: July 2016
David Smith ~ Choosing to Say Yes in Advance
July 30, 2016
This summer Dr. David Smith preached at Beulah Camp in the Atlantic District of The Wesleyan Church. This sermon follows…
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ The Promise of Righteousness
July 28, 2016
Perhaps because of it’s very appearance and sound, there’s a halt, a slamming of the brakes. “Righteousness” begins visually and aurally, in English, with “right.” To say definitively that you’re immediately “right” in a pluralistic culture is a non-starter.
Kimberly Reisman ~ When Your Fast and Prayers Impact Our World
July 27, 2016
Prayer and fasting may seem like individual practices, but they have communal consequences.
Wesleyan Accent ~ Interview: A Social Worker Goes to Haiti
I think the answer is more simple than people would imagine – I simply said yes to God.
Life in Difficult Conversation by Kimberly Reisman
July 25, 2016
“There’s life in difficult conversation.” One facilitator encouraged participants with this wisdom in a recent round table discussion online. Through…
Andrew C. Thompson ~ The Word and the Spirit
Wesley was well aware of the true spiritual power that could accompany the Christian life. Yet he also believed that the Spirit who conveyed that power through God’s grace always acted in ways that could be understood, exactly because the Spirit’s work would conform to the witness of the Word.
Gathering is Vital: World Methodist Conference
July 18, 2016
It is when times are deeply troubled that gathering together physically becomes all the more essential.
Carrie Carter ~ Recentering
I long for the unknown to be familiar before I venture into it.
Matt Hook ~ On Earth As It Is In Heaven
July 16, 2016
Have you ever prayed and prayed and prayed and then realized God was saying, “what about you?”
Dave Smith ~ What Demands a Change of Loyalty
July 14, 2016
What does it mean to reside in the Kingdom?