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The Better Place (Part 1) by Cole Bodkin

Cole Bodkin June 7, 2017

Airborne illness. War. Overpopulation. Mass chaos. Environmental disaster. Oppressive dictators. All of these – and more – are cataclysmic triggers for a dystopian society. If you’re catching up with American publishing, television, and film, the genre of “dystopia” has flooded the entertainment industry. For many, it’s becoming a little repetitive and mundane; but like it or not, people are fascinated,

When the Holy Spirit Reaches Us through Others by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman June 7, 2017

Integrity as a core value of authentic evangelism is not only about our integrity, but about the integrity of others as well and allows space for the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

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What We’re Missing when Multiethnic Women Are Absent from Pastoral Staffs by Karen Bates

Karen Bates June 5, 2017

Limits that people try to put on women do not change the identity God has given them as ministers of the Gospel.

Interview with Rob Haynes

Rob Haynes June 5, 2017

Wesleyan Accent is pleased to share an introductory interview with Rev. Dr. Rob Haynes, World Methodist Evangelism’s new Associate Director of Education and Leadership Development.

Interceding Evangelistically by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman May 31, 2017

And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.

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The Emaciated Soldier: Life as the Church by Suzanne Nicholson

Suzanne Nicholson May 29, 2017

If the church as a whole is not working together to live out the truth of the gospel, then the warrior of God will become emaciated.

Leanness Of The Soul by Andy Stoddard

Andy Stoddard May 25, 2017

I truly love the book of Psalms.  They are so honest, capturing the joy of faith, the struggle of pain, anger, everything.  I love Psalms. Today’s readings have us in Psalm 106.  And I think there’s something very important for us to hear.  Listen to what we are told in Psalm 106: 12-15: Then they believed his words and sang him

Boundaries, Barriers And Pastoral Leadership by Aaron Perry

Aaron Perry May 24, 2017

Now that the heat sparked from the light shed on Vice President Mike Pence’s personal rules of not attending cocktail parties without his wife and of not dining alone with women has dwindled, let’s take a few moments to reflect more evenly on the practice of personal rules and boundaries in opposite-sex professional relationships in the pastoral context. I do

Praying Persistently by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman May 24, 2017

Prayer is asking. It is a request. But here is the difficult truth: all prayer is answered but not all requests are granted.

Chemo and the First Rule of Methodism by Jeff Rudy

Jeff Rudy May 22, 2017

This has led me to wrestle through the following notion – the times when the first two rules of Methodism – “do no harm” and “do good” seem to be at odds.

The Lost Metric Of Testimony by Brian Yeich

Brian Yeich July 20, 2017

The church seems to be obsessed with numbers. We account for professions of faith, baptisms, membership and worship attendance, and these statistics for church health point to a crisis in the present and increasingly dismal view of the future. We seem to count everything. Even the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, made sure that every Methodist could be counted. However, it is my conviction

Becoming Kingdom People: The Shape of the Beatitudes by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman July 19, 2017

Kingdom-esteem leads to humility, because it involves recognizing that it’s not about us, it’s about what God has done for us.

What Is an Awakening? by Faith Parry

Faith Parry July 19, 2017

Scripture doesn’t describe causal prayer anywhere, but always about prayer that is a person emptying his or her heart to God of whatever emotions are there.

Sneak Peek: How to Preach a Funeral Homily by Jennifer Moxley

Jennifer Moxley July 17, 2017

I like placing the deceased person’s story within the broader story God has been writing since the beginning of time.

Spirituality the Jesus Way by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman July 17, 2017

God’s blessedness is already there, and we experience it when we seek God’s kingdom.

A Divine Eviction Notice by Kelcy Steele

Kelcy Steele July 15, 2017

Hell has dispatched some deceivers who are on the loose in your life!

Light, Life, and Love by Otis T. McMillan

Otis McMillan July 13, 2017

Are our eyes as tuned to spiritual light as they are to physical light?

Methodism On Fire by Pete Bellini

Peter Bellini July 12, 2017

The Holy Spirit is always at work in the world and in the church regardless of the problems that we face and regardless of the darkness that seems to prevail.

The Blessing of the Beatitudes by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman July 12, 2017

The joy God gives isn’t tied to happenstance, chance, or change. It is deeper, more lasting, and may even have some surprising components.

The Surprise of the Beatitudes by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman July 10, 2017

That is the surprise of the Beatitudes—what appears to be a source of unhappiness, turns out to be a source of joy and blessedness.

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