Category: Wesleyan Accent
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ When Curiosity is Christ-Like
February 1, 2018
Curiosity about others, curiosity about their lives, opens us up to opportunities to acknowledge and reflect their value: they are worth noticing. In a distracted world, this is explosively powerful.
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ Why Congregations Must Embrace Awkwardness
January 31, 2018
As a friend put it recently, people are uncomfortable with their lack of control; if Bad Thing A can happen to you, then maybe it could happen to me – so let’s find something you did that caused it. That way, I feel safe again.
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ The Pastor’s Almanac: A News Rundown for Tired Reverends
January 29, 2018
While the calendar reads January 29th, it can feel like a year’s worth of news and activity has already taken place.
Otis T. McMillan ~ When You’re Tired, Afraid, and Uncertain
January 25, 2018
God, when we grow tired and weary, when we stumble and fall, lift our eyes to heaven and remind us to find our hope and strength in You.
Edgar Bazan ~ The Trinity and the Mission of God
January 24, 2018
The ministry of the church – the mission that God has given to the church – is meant to be a continuation of the “ministry of the Son, to the Father, through the Holy Spirit, for the sake of the church and world.”
Michelle Bauer ~ Waiting for a New Song
January 22, 2018
Close your eyes and imagine God turning towards you. What do you see? What might God see?
Kevin Murriel ~ Pressing through the Pain
January 21, 2018
Note: Today as we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and the state of our church and our nation…
Tom Fuerst ~ Life Along the Way: Healing, Suffering, and the Kingdom of God
January 20, 2018
In so far as our lives are built around avoiding other people’s pain, we will not see miracles.
Cole Bodkin ~ How the Questions of Jesus Can Shape Your Year: What You Love
January 18, 2018
Peter has been around long enough to know what it means to love Jesus. It involves abiding in, remaining in his love.