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In Their Words: How Pastors Pray for Their Children (And Raise Them In The Church)

Wesleyan Accent August 25, 2016

A Note From The Editor: Recently Wesleyan Accent posed a couple of questions to pastors and their spouses about how they pray for their children while in ministry, and how they choose to shape their kids’ experience of vocational ministry. Here are their responses. Elizabeth Glass Turner Wesleyan Accent: What are some ways you prayed for your children while

The Enemy Who Was Not An Enemy by Carrie Carter

Carrie Carter August 24, 2016

Right before I turned 14, my narrow little view of the world was rocked. The U.S. had just declared war on Iraq. I wasn’t so afraid of a war on the other side of the world as I was of the implications of this war. “Armageddon,” “World War III, “and “Christ’s return,” were just a few of the words swirling

Neighbors in the Middle East

Wesleyan Accent August 22, 2016

One month ago, an American couple herded three children into a men’s room in the Istanbul, Turkey airport. The wife visibly pregnant, they settled in for the night and texted to family members in the U.S., letting them know that their flight was being delayed indefinitely – keeping some of the details to themselves. All night the parents kept vigil

Praying Past Politeness by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer August 20, 2016

I’m going to call Martha’s the honest approach. She doesn’t stand back and say things like, “Well you must have needed another angel.” Or “It must have been your will.” She looks him right in the eye and tells him exactly what she is thinking. “You let me down. You did not do what I asked you to do. You

Scattered by Kimberly Reisman

Kim Reisman August 17, 2016

let’s look closer at the story of Babel. The first thing we learn is that there was only one language and one people – “now the whole earth had one language and the same words” – that ought to be a red flag for us. It ought to alert us that something isn’t right.

Time During The Year by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner August 17, 2016

It is a season to weed and to water and to pluck from the vine. We are in the midst of Ordinary Time on the liturgical calendar – between Pentecost and Advent, “ordinary” sounds mundane. But if it is mundane, it can also be the beautiful kind of mundane, like a long-married couple sharing their morning coffee or a gardener

The Walk to School by Justus Hunter

Justus Hunter August 15, 2016

When I walk him to school, and remember the proper procedure, I ask him to teach me their prayers. It changes frequently, alighting upon virtues and visions, my wife’s butterfly spirituality passing down to our son. As he teaches me their prayer, a common refrain rolls across his lips, “Lord, help me be bold and courageous.”

Going Global in the Local Church by Kimberly Reisman

World Methodist Evangelism August 15, 2016

This congregation has a fresh, invigorated vision of proclaiming God’s Kingdom in their hometown and around the world (including an appreciation for four-legged outreach).

Old Ship of Zion: AME Zion General Conference Address by Kelcy Steele

Kelcy Steele August 11, 2016

I’m proud to declare that the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is my church. It’s my church of birth, it’s my church of choice, and it’s the church I love. It is known by many as “The Freedom Church,” and this I do not take lightly. Yet, while no church can ever claim to be perfect, the church must at

Don’t Say It Unless You Mean It by James Petticrew

James Petticrew August 8, 2016

I love that concept, that whenever we pray, “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” we are committing ourselves as Christ followers and churches to fashioning foretastes of the world to come in the here and now.

The Healing Power Of Honoring Others by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner October 26, 2017

Recently I read a moving account of one German woman’s actions and the impact that they had. A 92-year-old man living in New Jersey received a three-page letter from her in which she apologized for wrongs long past. Reading it, he wept. As the article recounts about the letter writer, “Doris Schott-Neuse…told him how her grandfather had acquired Hirschmann’s family home under the Nazis, expressing her shame

When You Don’t Have The Words by Andy Stoddard

Andy Stoddard October 25, 2017

Have you ever felt like there was something that you needed to say for Jesus, but you didn’t have the words?  You didn’t know what you should say or how you should say it?  I’ve been there.  I think we’ve all been there. At times, we talk ourselves out of witnessing to someone or saying something to someone, because of fear within us about what

World Methodist Evangelism Director Visits Vatican to Meet Pope

World Methodist Evangelism October 23, 2017

Dr. Kimberly Reisman Joins World Methodist Council Delegation to Vatican

When Jesus Sees You by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer October 23, 2017

Have you ever sensed yourself waiting for Jesus to arrive into a situation or season of your life?

Interview: Dust in My Mouth with Katie Fisher

Katie Fisher October 19, 2017

Recently Wesleyan Accent chatted with visual artist Katie Fisher about her project illustrating the struggle and grief written in the Old Testament book Lamentations.

Making Disciples by Being Disciples by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 18, 2017

Our witness for Christ is always strengthened when we become keenly aware of our journey in Christ.

A Fiction of Hope by Justin Gentry

Justin Gentry October 18, 2017

We are so drawn to pessimism because pessimism at the end of the day is easier. It is easier to look down than it is to look up.

Boundaries And Forgiveness by Aaron Perry

Aaron Perry October 16, 2017

Jesus taught that if, when offering a gift to God at the altar, you remember a brother or sister has something against you, you should go and be reconciled and then return to offer your gift (Matt. 5:24). I get the impression that reconciliation is the gift God intends to give the worshipper—even before a gift has been brought to

Community: Connecting the Dots by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 16, 2017

Joining together in fellowship, in physical presence, allows our senses to whisper that among a group of particular people, we belong.

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Brick by Brick: The Ministry Long Haul by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 12, 2017

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians, “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.”

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