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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.

Holy Communion: Celebrating God With Us (Part 1) by Ken Loyer

Ken Loyer September 17, 2014

The more Christians link Communion with spiritual formation and daily faith practice, the more likely the church will be invigorated and empowered to carry out its missional mandate to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Through the service of Communion, the church remembers and celebrates the presence of God with us.

Truth, Beauty & Tragedy: How To Be Happy by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner September 15, 2014

“Jack, take your hands off of your ears.” “But I don’t want to hear what you are saying!” This is what shoppers strolling down store aisles could overhear recently. Alas, the four year old had acted up; alas, Mama had to intervene with a reminder of behavior expectations. But the child had realized that with hearing comes accountability. If I

Knowing What We Have: The Methodist Liturgical Heritage (Part II) by Matthew Sigler

Matthew Sigler September 11, 2014

At issue was the question of what made Methodist worship distinctly Methodist. Drawing from Wesley’s example, Summers argued that form and freedom should go hand in hand in Methodist worship. Even today these disagreements over what makes Methodist worship “Methodist” continue. For all the talk over “high” and “low” church; “spirit-led” and “ordered;” or “contemporary” and “traditional”—whatever the current iteration

The Parable-Life by Cole Bodkin

Cole Bodkin September 10, 2014

Do you ever find yourself struggling with bridging the horizons from ancient to modern? Recently, I was allotted the task to preach the Parable of the Two Sons (Matthew 21:28-32). Realizing that this passage is difficult to understand apart from its context, I decided to expand the sermon to Matthew 21:23-32. As I was drawing things together and preparing for

Birthing A Church by Michael Smith

Michael Smith September 8, 2014

As pastors we have to understand that as we serve our church, it will begin to look like us. Our shared life will rub off on each other. We will take on the DNA of that local church body and always carry it with us. And part of who we are will always stay with them. We are related after

Doubt’s Big Bang by Talbot Davis

Talbot Davis September 6, 2014

I have known for several years that on some level behavior precedes doubt.
In other words, we don’t arrive at our shadow of doubt by objective analysis of relevant facts; instead, most of us begin to act a certain way and then circle back around and develop some doubts to substantiate that behavior.
We don’t think our way

When Leaders Need To Be Led by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner September 3, 2014

It took a while to realize what I was missing. It does sometimes. It took sitting in a pew to allow the revelation to dawn on me. Everyone needs to be led sometimes: especially leaders. I loved pronouncing the opening line of the call to worship; I loved welcoming the faithful and the not-so-faithful to the communion table; I loved

Intoxicated: The Power Of The Holy Spirit by Bryan Collier

Bryan Collier August 30, 2014

We’ve started a sermon series entitled Intoxicated. The word comes from a misunderstanding about what was happening in the lives of the disciples when the Holy Spirit fell on them. It was such an inexplicable experience that those who were seeing the effects accused them of being drunk! But something else was going on. Jesus has promised them the Holy Spirit

Why I Love Being Wesleyan by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner August 29, 2014

When I first arrived at seminary, I was astonished at the number of Wesleyans I met. Wesleyans everywhere! Having grown up in the small but active Wesleyan denomination, I was gratified to see it represented so fully. Then, about a week into the semester, I began to realize something – all the Wesleyans I was meeting were Wesleyan, not Wesleyan.

From One Degree Of Glory by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman August 28, 2014

The painting Reflections, celebrates the awesome process of changing into who we are and whose we are, God’s children, made in his image. God finds such delight in this process, especially when we reflect and acknowledge his grace within the journey.

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