Category: Wesleyan Accent
David Drury ~ Lost Faith and Piles of Laundry
June 27, 2016
I don’t know if it’s the good, the bad, or the ugly that has robbed you of your faith, but I’m here to tell you that you can get it back.
Omar Rikabi ~ Interview: My Muslim Problem
June 25, 2016
In the light of this interview, what is the witness of your local church?
Carolyn Moore ~ Just How Angry Are You?
June 23, 2016
To that, Jesus would say, “It doesn’t matter. The ground of our forgiveness is not our circumstances. The ground of our grace is not emotion.”
Jeff Rudy ~ Steer Toward the Pain
June 18, 2016
Compassion, in the Jesus way, is active – it steers toward the pain, joins folks in the valley of the shadow of death and finds some way to point to the hope of the resurrection.
Dealing with a Dead Situation by Kelcy Steele
June 15, 2016
We have a hungry prophet (Elijah) on assignment to stretch the faith of a widow woman on welfare and to add insult to injury she has just lost her son.
I stop by to tell somebody when you are dealing with a dead situation you have to expect the unexpected, process your pain, and trust the process.
Carolyn Moore ~ Friendship Is a Choice (or, How the Church Teaches Me to Love)
June 8, 2016
It seems that our culture has us all so afraid of each other that we default to a defensive posture, keeping ourselves at a distance from each other, unwilling to develop healthy, vulnerable relationships.
Andy Stoddard ~ How to Get A Good Name
June 2, 2016
In this passage, we see what is truly priceless in the world. Not power or wealth or status, but this. A good name. It is better than anything else you can have in all the world.
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ Recapping United Methodist General Conference Recaps
June 1, 2016
A great number of General Conference recaps emerged, post-game analysis from scholars, pastors, and theological pundits dissecting what had – and hadn’t – happened, and why.
Which brings us to today.
Jennifer Moxley ~ Huldah and Keepers of the Word
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.