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How We Lead by Debra Wallace-Padgett

Debbie Wallace-Padgett November 17, 2016

Lead Like Butler:  Six Principles for Values-Based Leaders is a good read in which authors Kent Millard and Judith Cebula define six dimensions of what Butler University athletes call “The Butler Way.” Being a former basketball player and serious sports fan, the nomenclature “The Butler Way” has caught my imagination. Indeed this concept has inspired the North Alabama Conference Leadership Team

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Gratitude by Tammie Grimm

Tammie Grimm November 14, 2016

Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ, his Son. It’s November and Thanksgiving is almost upon us. On Facebook, 30 Days of Thankfulness is in full swing. Each day, participants in the 30 Day Challenge use their status to record something in their life for which they are

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Prayer Prompt: New Zealand and Haiti

Kim Reisman November 14, 2016

Today we ask our World Methodist Evangelism partners to come alongside us in prayer for New Zealand and Haiti. While much of recent news has focused on American politics, we want to remember those affected by natural disasters in the past couple of months.

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What We Know by Kim Reisman

World Methodist Evangelism November 9, 2016

There is not political unity within the various Wesleyan Methodist denominations across the United States. On election day, many nonpartisan prayer vigils and communion services were held in churches across the country. Some Methodist Wesleyan leaders led prayer from the Francis Asbury statue in Washington, D.C. As Americans move forward, it remains to be seen how the coming months and

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Read This Because It Is Wednesday by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore November 9, 2016

On this Wednesday, may we be reminded that we who follow Jesus are part of something bigger than ourselves — something grandly sufficient that has come among us, that offers even to dwell within us. The Kingdom of Heaven is big. Remember these things and be glad: The Kingdom is more concerned with effectiveness than efficiency. I’m thinking of the story

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When the Wine Runs Out by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer November 5, 2016

The “wine” that we bring to any situation will eventually run out. It’s not a matter of “if” but “when.” We will get tired. We will get frustrated. We will start to doubt our ability to pull something off. We will want to quit. Some of us have amazing amounts of discipline and will power and can push ourselves for

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Sermon Prompts For The Sunday After The Cubs Win The World Series by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner November 3, 2016

Unless you live in Cleveland, tear up your notes and call the worship pastor: this Sunday, your sermon will practically write itself. With phrases like, “‘Next year’ is finally today,” “the curse is broken,” and “‘someday’ is now,” your parishioners don’t have to be diehard baseball fans to appreciate the unbridled glee sweeping every corner of Chicago and most parts

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Pretty Feet by Andy Stoddard

Andy Stoddard November 2, 2016

In a world that is fascinated with beauty and fame and power, what is really beautiful?  What is a true image of beauty?  What do you think of? Today in Isaiah 52: 7-10, we get one of the more well-known passages that reference beauty.  Listen to what it says: 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger

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Mercy and Righteousness by Otis T. McMillan

Otis McMillan October 31, 2016

As you treat others with mercy, and seek to live a godly life, you will gain the respect of others, as well as find contentment and joy. Doing right and treating others with respect brings a sense of peace and completeness. It allows one, regardless of their current circumstances, to feel complete.

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Come, Lord Jesus: How to Pray For Everything by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore May 4, 2017

A few days ago I visited a mercy ministry in another town as part of our preparation and planning for building a capacity-building ministry in our community. Talking with the director of the ministry I visited, I was reminded again of just how many beautiful souls there are in the world. I keep running into people who care deeply about

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When Did the United Methodist Church Really Sell Her Soul? by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam May 3, 2017

“The writer who contends we lost our soul when we adopted the mission statement inisists that, “love God, love neighbor” would be a better mission statement from a “Wesleyan” perspective. Would you not think that love for our neighbor compels us to share Christ with them, that doing justice and loving mercy is for the transformation of the world and

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My Call to Senior Pastoral Ministry by Tara Beth Leach

Tara Beth Leach April 26, 2017

Since I can remember, I’ve had a pastor’s heart. Often times when I hear someone talk badly about the Church, I get offended in the way a sibling gets offended when someone is talking about her sister—“Hey, don’t talk about my sister like that!” I ache to see the Church live into the fullness of holiness in which she has

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Praying Around the Globe by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman April 24, 2017

Let your eyes wander to places you’ve never heard of, or cities you can’t pronounce. Ask God to be at work in those places. When you’ve prayed around the world, turn the globe so you can see your home region. Picture a map being zoomed in around your house or flat, and pray for God to be at work in

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Your (Global) Teenager by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner April 24, 2017

Before social media and the prevalence of pop culture, it was a lot easier to enforce whatever ideologies you wanted your child to follow. But as globalization increased, this changed. Young people became increasingly exposed to the rest of the world. Today, their ideologies and values no longer find a basis in what their priest or imam preaches but in

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