Category: Wesleyan Accent Blog
Let’s Go Fishing: How to Handle Empty Nets by Kelcy Steele
May 26, 2018
After this, Jesus appeared again to the disciples, this time at the Tiberias Sea (the Sea of Galilee). This is…
Preach What You Practice: The Importance of Expository Preaching by Suzanne Nicholson
May 23, 2018
It has become cliché to tell people to practice what they preach—that is, to live according to their words. But…
Plenty to Eat: Turning to the Source of Life by Michelle Bauer
May 21, 2018
Have you ever had a day where you worried that you weren’t going to have enough? Enough love. Enough patience….
What Good Is a Dead Shepherd? by Jeff Rudy
May 19, 2018
The texts for this sermon come from Psalm 23 and John 10:11-18. In the middle of the Easter season every…
Interview: Women Called to Lead with Roberta Mosier-Peterson
April 2, 2018
Note from the Editor: Recently, Wesleyan Accent interviewed Rev. Dr. Roberta Mosier-Peterson, an ordained Elder in the Free Methodist Church…
How Artists Do Theology: The Resurrection by Philip Tallon
March 31, 2018
Piero della Francesca gets thunderingly right what so many Christians get so stunning wrong. Raised on the first day of the week – a day any faithful Jew would understand as the first day of creation – God in Christ has begun the re-creation of this world. This work of making all things new is not complete, but it has begun.
Embracing A More Meaningful Holy Week by Kevin Watson
March 29, 2018
Observing Holy Week has had a significant impact on my life. There are many different ways I could mark my growth as a follower of Jesus Christ, but a major part of my growth as a Christian came when I started to attend Holy Week services. Attending worship on Thursday and Friday of Holy Week is a highlight of my year as a follower of Jesus. Attending these services has prepared me to celebrate – really celebrate – the news that Jesus Christ is risen.
Mothers, Sons and the Crucifix by Tom Fuerst
March 27, 2018
From the seven depictions of Christ’s crucifixion story, to the mother of Jesus holding her infant son as she stretched out her arms to the weeping worshipper, the entire chapel was an invitation to see our sufferings – our very humanity – in light of the fact that neither Jesus nor Mary were exempt from suffering, pain, or death.
Witness: Reflecting on Billy Graham’s Funeral by Maxie Dunnam
March 24, 2018
Because of his biblical and theological perspective, people often fail to reflect on how creative and innovative he was: the way he pioneered the use of radio and television; the way he harnessed print media; the role he played in launching a world-class magazine; and his influence in higher education, particularly theological education.
To Be the Body of Christ by Jeff Rudy
March 22, 2018
There are times when the body, that is, the church, is out of sorts too. Fractured relationships, broken trust, as Paul alludes to in his letter to the contentious Corinthians, jealousy over not getting to be the part of the body you want to be, pride – all of these and more tend to dismember us, if not in actual people leaving the church, at least in a virtual distance even if we’re in the same space to worship or to learn or to break bread. There are times where you just don’t “feel like” it…like breaking bread with him or her or them. “Ugh! I have to share at the table with them?”