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2016 United Methodist General Conference Recap by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner June 1, 2016

United Methodists and many others followed the 2016 General Conference in Portland with fervent interest. Whether you watched live streaming (a primer in do’s and don’ts of parliamentary procedure), caught a few random comments on social networks or read daily summaries from the United Methodist News Service or the UM Reporter, by now there are a lot of perspectives on

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Huldah and Keepers of the Word by Jennifer Moxley

Jennifer Moxley May 30, 2016

Because as comforting as it is to know that I stand in a long line of mothers without children, ultimately their stories of temporary infertility are not helpful. I have prayed until I looked drunk. Nothing. My husband has prayed on my behalf. Still nothing.

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Be Careful What You Wish For by Justus Hunter

Justus Hunter May 28, 2016

Here we see the peril and the promise called-ones. The twelve come. They gather the stones at your feet. They heap those stones, stones of remembrance, stones your children’s children will ask about. But the names and the images of the called-ones are forgotten. They are wiped away like rough edges of stone in the bed of the Jordan. The

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From Aldersgate to Holland Road by Michael Smith

Michael Smith May 24, 2016

For me, as a Methodist, this is an important day to celebrate. It is important to tell the story of what God can do in a person’s heart, and because of that work, the world could be forever changed. As people who are walking the road of faith, let us point out particular places and stops along the way where

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A Full Basin: The Purpose Of Orthodoxy by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner May 18, 2016

Orthodoxy gets a bad rap these days. At a time when distinction is seen as an evil – this or that, one or the other – orthodoxy is seen as presumptive, divisive and unwarranted. To say one thing is right or rightful is to deny the right or rightfulness of something else – an inconceivable vanity, a tired, predictable power-play

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What A Successful Conference Looks Like by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner May 11, 2016

It is the season of punditry. So goes life as a U.S. citizen who belongs to The United Methodist Church. General Conference cycles match up with the presidential election cycle: every four years, we encounter heated tempers, technicolor bluster and threats to move to Canada. This year the hype in the United States is reaching near radioactive levels of intensity.

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The Shape of Discipleship by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam April 16, 2016

The intercessory life is a pattern for our interior growth in prayer that is abiding in Christ, and the outward expression of a missional Christ life in the world. It is a dynamic balance of paying attention to our personal spiritual maturity, and the call of Christ to minister as servants in the world.

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Church Growth: Fruitful Or Cancer?

Wesleyan Accent April 14, 2016

Today’s post is a compelling piece written anonymously by a successful pastor.   The Ideology of a Cancer Cell I rarely have those moments I would unquestioningly call, “divine.” I’ve never been one to see the fingerprints of God on everything around me. So when something happens in my life that just seems divinely orchestrated, I have to latch on

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2016 United Methodist General Conference Recap by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner June 1, 2016

United Methodists and many others followed the 2016 General Conference in Portland with fervent interest. Whether you watched live streaming (a primer in do’s and don’ts of parliamentary procedure), caught a few random comments on social networks or read daily summaries from the United Methodist News Service or the UM Reporter, by now there are a lot of perspectives on

Read More ⟶

Huldah and Keepers of the Word by Jennifer Moxley

Jennifer Moxley May 30, 2016

Because as comforting as it is to know that I stand in a long line of mothers without children, ultimately their stories of temporary infertility are not helpful. I have prayed until I looked drunk. Nothing. My husband has prayed on my behalf. Still nothing.

Read More ⟶

Be Careful What You Wish For by Justus Hunter

Justus Hunter May 28, 2016

Here we see the peril and the promise called-ones. The twelve come. They gather the stones at your feet. They heap those stones, stones of remembrance, stones your children’s children will ask about. But the names and the images of the called-ones are forgotten. They are wiped away like rough edges of stone in the bed of the Jordan. The

Read More ⟶

From Aldersgate to Holland Road by Michael Smith

Michael Smith May 24, 2016

For me, as a Methodist, this is an important day to celebrate. It is important to tell the story of what God can do in a person’s heart, and because of that work, the world could be forever changed. As people who are walking the road of faith, let us point out particular places and stops along the way where

Read More ⟶

A Full Basin: The Purpose Of Orthodoxy by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner May 18, 2016

Orthodoxy gets a bad rap these days. At a time when distinction is seen as an evil – this or that, one or the other – orthodoxy is seen as presumptive, divisive and unwarranted. To say one thing is right or rightful is to deny the right or rightfulness of something else – an inconceivable vanity, a tired, predictable power-play

Read More ⟶

What A Successful Conference Looks Like by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner May 11, 2016

It is the season of punditry. So goes life as a U.S. citizen who belongs to The United Methodist Church. General Conference cycles match up with the presidential election cycle: every four years, we encounter heated tempers, technicolor bluster and threats to move to Canada. This year the hype in the United States is reaching near radioactive levels of intensity.

Read More ⟶

The Shape of Discipleship by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam April 16, 2016

The intercessory life is a pattern for our interior growth in prayer that is abiding in Christ, and the outward expression of a missional Christ life in the world. It is a dynamic balance of paying attention to our personal spiritual maturity, and the call of Christ to minister as servants in the world.

Read More ⟶

Church Growth: Fruitful Or Cancer?

Wesleyan Accent April 14, 2016

Today’s post is a compelling piece written anonymously by a successful pastor.   The Ideology of a Cancer Cell I rarely have those moments I would unquestioningly call, “divine.” I’ve never been one to see the fingerprints of God on everything around me. So when something happens in my life that just seems divinely orchestrated, I have to latch on

Read More ⟶

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