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Excuses, Excuses: Common Sense, Morality, And The Divine Revelation of God by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner November 16, 2017

Humans are expert excuse-makers. “Well, GOD, the woman you gave me tempted me, so…that’s why I didn’t listen to you when you told me not to eat anything from that tree.” “I know I’m not supposed to cut my hair, but…I mean, have you seen Delilah? I’m only human.” “I’d love to follow you, Jesus, but I have family obligations and an urgent to-do list first.

Three Lessons from 54 Hours in Lagos by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 15, 2017

Although email and video conferencing are effective tools, there is nothing quite like meeting face to face – praying, eating, laughing, planning, hoping, and learning together.

Stop, Go Back, Give Thanks by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer November 13, 2017

Take some time each day this week to thank God for the ways he is cleansing you.

The Tyranny Of Tweaking by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore November 9, 2017

Funny, the things we can learn from friends who do drugs. In the world of meth users, tweaking is a thing. That’s the term users use for the frantic and compulsive behaviors that tend to surface when you’re strung out on meth. Tweaking is obsession with an activity — any activity — like cleaning or searching through drawers or picking

Praying Globally with Gratitude by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 8, 2017

As we enter a season of offering thanks in the United States, consider what proportion of your prayers express gratitude.

Transformative Mission by Edgar Bazan

Edgar Bazan November 8, 2017

The church has always been challenged in maintaining an effective and healthy witness of the faith beyond the walls of its buildings. Every revival throughout the history of the church was started because the fellowship of believers was awakened by the Spirit to witness to their faith in public settings. This movement from the private (or inward) faith behavior to an intentional engagement

Three Truths from All Saints’ Day and the Church Universal by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 6, 2017

When we participate together in worship, we not only allow God to form and shape our hearts, we allow other Christians to serve as channels of God’s grace in our lives.

Leaders in the Bible (Who Happened to Be Women) by Suzanne Nicholson

Suzanne Nicholson November 6, 2017

The bravery, chutzpah, faithfulness, love, and kindness of these women remind us that leadership in the kingdom of God comes in many forms, if only we have eyes to see.

Connecting Local Congregations to Global Missions by Janine Roberts

janineroberts November 1, 2017

We serve because God calls us through his Word to participate in his mission of reaching out and loving people from every nation and culture.

Three Things I Learned about Evangelism in the Eternal City by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 30, 2017

My experience in the Eternal City taught me three important things about evangelism.

How A Reluctant Mentor Learns To Be An Adequate Leader by Talbot Davis

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

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

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

elizabeth.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 fists and honking horns etching anger for a permanent moment of rush hour that hangs now in the universe reflecting our contorted faces back to us. What if I died in that moment? The moment of my life when my

Hidden Heroes: The What Can Brown Do For You? Hero y Talbot Davis

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.

Are American Clergy Suffering A Crisis Of Faith? by Elizabeth Glass Turner

World Methodist Evangelism January 8, 2015

It’s a mistake to criticize questioning by and in itself. An unexamined life is not worth living, and an unexamined faith will last about as long as Farrah Fawcett hair, Hammer pants, beanie babies, MySpace, “Gangnam Style” and every other grass that withers and flower that doth fade away.

Confession by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam January 7, 2015

Beginning at the point of our believing that it is God’s desire to forgive, confession becomes not a morbid discipline, not a dark groveling in the mud and mire of life, not a fearful response to a wrathful, angry God who is out to get us if we don’t shape up. Rather, confession becomes an act of anticipation, a response

The Scent Of A New Year by Michael Smith

Michael Smith January 5, 2015

New is unknown, and often we are afraid of the “what if” questions in our lives. But new is happening every day.

Go Tell It On The Mountain by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore January 3, 2015

It began with Jesus, who invited twelve guys to quit their day jobs and enroll in a three-year intensive, seminary-level program. By following Jesus, these guys learned Hebrew Bible, pastoral care, prayer and healing, theology, missions and evangelism, preaching and economics. At the end of three years, Jesus declared them ready (in fact, he called them his peers) and commissioned

The Promise Of Silence by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer January 1, 2015

When we refuse to be silent we are saying that we have nothing left to learn or that God has nothing left to say to us.

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