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Growing Faith Through the Power of the Holy Spirit by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman August 3, 2020

Recently, I had the honor of preaching at the annual gathering of Aldersgate Renewal Ministries. What a blessing! ARM is an organization in the Wesleyan Methodist family that is committed to enabling followers of Jesus to grow through experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit. They focus their energy on personal renewal, church renewal, and pastoral renewal. It was wonderful to be

Preaching in Times of Upheaval by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam July 27, 2020

Knowing that your preaching is limited in possible impact, don’t see proclamation as your primary witness.

Visits Through The Distance: Pastoral Presence by BJ Funk

BJ Funk July 25, 2020

Raise your hand if you are a pastor who inwardly rejoiced when hospitals closed their doors for pastoral visits because of Covid-19. If only a fleeting moment, did you whisper a sigh of relief because Covid regulations meant you did not have to (a) make an already long day even longer with an afternoon stop by the hospital before heading

Language About God: Interview with Dr. Jackson Lashier

Jackson Lashier July 23, 2020

Note from the editor: I first met Dr. Jackson Lashier when we were both seminary students. Unlike many of the students who were pursuing degrees to become local church pastors, he and I found ourselves in many of the same classes as we worked toward degrees that prepared us for ministries in academic contexts. At the time, I knew him

Opening the Door for the Spirit of God by Priscilla Hammond

Priscilla Hammond July 17, 2020

We need to practice opening the door for the Spirit of God to enter our striving for answers in contradictory times.

Doctors & Dying: Caring For Caretakers by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner July 14, 2020

In the tug of prolonged strain, physicians, like their patients, are vulnerable. Some corners of the United States remain relatively quiet and unaffected by outbreaks of the coronavirus, Covid-19. In these areas, extra sanitizer, virtual appointments, and doctors’ office face coverings are the cue that something is happening elsewhere. But in other regions, despite the summer months, health care systems

Racism & Bias: We All Suffer by Edgar Bazan

Edgar Bazan June 29, 2020

For 400 years, through slavery, lynching, Jim Crow laws, the Civil Rights movement, and institutionalized racism, people of color (especially within the Black community) have been fighting and crying out for justice and equality. Justice is sought because they have been oppressed and abused for centuries; equality, because that is the underlying cause of their unjust treatment: they have been

Praying for Compassion Collisions by James Petticrew

James Petticrew June 22, 2020

God’s compassion needs to be experienced and expressed: experienced by us as his people and expressed to the people around us.

Ministry in the Newly Distanced Church (Part 2) by Rob Haynes

Rob Haynes June 15, 2020

In my previous article, I talked about some ways the newly distanced church can think about worship, discipleship, and outreach in the still-developing COVID-19 crisis. Ministry in the Newly Distanced Church Part 1. In this article, I offer some practical steps to consider for discipleship and outreach as churches reopen and move into a new way of doing church. Don’t

Ministry in the Newly Distanced Church (Part 1) by Rob Haynes

Rob Haynes June 8, 2020

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:4-5

Laughing Doubt by Talbot Davis

Talbot Davis August 9, 2014

Is anything too supernatural? Too mystical? Too great for God to do? Nope. Is it too hard for him to bend the laws of nature? Nope. He wrote them. You know what? You, too, have continual reminders in your life of not underestimating God. We have those reminders, items large and small, global and personal, to urge us not to

Holding Yourself In Readiness by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman August 7, 2014

It’s not easy to hold yourself in readiness. You have to be alert, your entire body engaged and prepared to move. You have to be focused, intent on watching for the necessary sign. You have to be willing to act, following the signal the moment it arrives.

Discipleship: Who’s It For Anyway? by Tammie Grimm

Tammie Grimm August 6, 2014

It’s nearing the end of summer and there is a pretty good chance, if you are a Methodist or attending a church in the Wesleyan tradition that either your church newsletter or weekly bulletin is currently showcasing upcoming Bible studies or spiritual formation classes under a banner headline, “Fall Discipleship Opportunities.”It might be that there is an advertised afternoon volunteer

Sanctification Reconsidered by Ken Loyer

Ken Loyer August 4, 2014

The conclusions reached in God’s Love through the Spirit, particularly concerning an understanding of love both within God’s own life and in Christian participation in God by grace, challenge the claim that Western theology suffers from a pneumatological deficiency, and represent a significant contribution to the study of Aquinas and of Wesley, to ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Methodists (and

The Vast Sufferer by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner July 31, 2014

To die, to sleep— no more—and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation devoutly to be wished! To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal

Scars Of Wisdom by Cole Bodkin

Cole Bodkin July 30, 2014

“What kind of advice can I offer you? I’m younger than you.” My friend’s reflection resonates with many younger folks in ministry. In essence it asks, “Can young people offer wisdom to those who are (much) older than themselves?” That question haunts many young pastors and ministers as they wrestle with their vocation. Whether or not Timothy was in his

God Is Enough by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore July 26, 2014

The Son of Man came not to be served by to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. – Matthew 20:28 My mom was a great southern cook. At least six nights a week, she cooked a full meal for everybody who showed up at the table. There were eight of us and most nights, at

Repent But Do Not Whimper by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam July 23, 2014

The setting is ripe for revival. And the essential response to that possibility is for God’s people not to whimper. Acknowledge our sin, and repent, yes, but not whimper. Could it be that we are mistakenly centered on institutional unity, when a prior issue is crying for attention: unity in the Gospel. We can have institutional unity without revival, but

Clay Footed, Spirit-Filled: Transition by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman July 21, 2014

These kinds of moments have come and gone in my ministry, and more are sure to unfold; as they do I need to ask myself, how am I treading? Lightly? With grace? Out in the open? Is it about me? Or am I the errand runner for the Spirit I need to be? Sadly for me, as my ministry moves

Knowing What We Have: A Look At The Methodist Liturgical Heritage by Matthew Sigler

Matthew Sigler July 17, 2014

If it is true that many are gravitating to more historically resonant forms of worship, Methodists should know the resources within their own liturgical history…The forms of Methodist worship, when embraced with “heart, mind, soul and strength,” allow for reverent spontaneity and holy emotion. The use of liturgical forms, for Wesley, actually led to freedom in worship—a fact quickly lost

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