Category: Wesleyan Accent
Justus Hunter ~ Be Careful What You Wish For
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 priests are silent while the stones cry out.
Called-ones, could you wish for this?
Michael Smith ~ From Aldersgate to Holland Road
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 God can meet with us. Let’s travel the roads that will invite us to come to the end of ourselves.
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ A Full Basin: The Purpose of Orthodoxy
May 18, 2016
Orthodoxy gets a bad rap these days. At a time when distinction is seen as an evil – this or…
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ What A Successful Conference Looks Like
May 11, 2016
It is the season of punditry. So goes life as a U.S. citizen who belongs to The United Methodist Church….
Maxie Dunnam ~ The Shape of Discipleship
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.
Elizabeth Moyer ~ Easter’s Frayed Red Carpet
April 13, 2016
On the day when we had the least amount of time to tend to the needs of others, we boldly said come join us.
Carolyn Moore ~ How to Live Like Jesus Is Alive
April 11, 2016
This is what it means to get a feast mentality. It is to set your face toward that table, believing in the goodness of the One who set it for you, while you’re still in the valley. It is to believe the story is true even when life is hard.
Harley Scalf ~ Easter Living: Fear of Missing Out
April 6, 2016
Over the past few months, having been to the cross, visited the empty tomb, and celebrated the Resurrection, let us now live in awareness of the sin for which we will never be crucified.
Michael Smith ~ Four Lessons for the Church from Major League Baseball
April 4, 2016
Baseball has seen its ups and downs recently While the ownership groups seem to be having their largest years of fiscal success, the sport’s popularity is fading. To respond to the changing tide of culture, Major League Baseball has tried to address their need.
