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Residency in Mission

World Methodist Evangelism November 9, 2020

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16719752/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Eliza Edge is the first Resident In Mission and the Director of Programming at Trinity United Methodist Church in Conway, South Carolina. Contact Eliza at eedge@trinityconway.com. Learn more about RIM at ResidencyInMission.org. Let us hear from you: podcast@worldmethodist.org Find us on Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with Rob

Strength in Ephesians: The Body, The Armor, The Power

Suzanne Nicholson November 9, 2020

If you’ve been part of a marching band, you know how intricate the planning is for halftime. I spent the last 16 years in Ohio, where it’s impossible not to hear regularly about Ohio State University. Renowned for its sports teams, OSU is also known for its marching band and its creative halftime shows. One halftime show particularly caught my

How Is Community Possible? by Henri Nouwen

Wesleyan Accent November 4, 2020

In 2,000 years of church history, you will find an ebb and flow of opportunities seized and opportunities lost. While church history is often a study in fracture – who split from whom, when, and why – nevertheless, it remains remarkable that community is found even today among drastically different people. An illustrative moment comes to mind: a few years

Our Place In The Cloud (or Six Degrees of Separation) by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 3, 2020

In many churches around the world, we marked All Saints Day this past Sunday, taking the time to honor the clouds of witnesses that have gone before us – all those people who have shaped, challenged, and carried us forward on our spiritual journey. As I contemplate the saints in my own life, I’m reminded of two interrelated and intriguing

Stop Doing, Start Listening: What Peter, Paul, and Elijah Knew About Silence by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 31, 2020

We’re inclined to activity, to busyness. Quiet contemplation and active listening are challenging endeavors. We may feel that this challenge comes as a by-product of our modern twenty-first century world, but it’s actually the human condition. Peter pursued that inclination as well. In Matthew 17, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John with him to a mountain top where they have

From Rejection to Redirection by Kim Reisman

World Methodist Evangelism October 29, 2020

Core Team (Left to Right) Arpit Charan, Augustine Frederick, Nikul Masih, Vijay Bannet (not pictured – Anosh Charan, Amber Massey) One of the joys of my work with World Methodist Evangelism is to be able to see the dramatic way God works in the lives of young people. Surprisingly, the current pandemic has highlighted this joy, reminding me that even

A Trauma Survivor’s Advice for Surviving a Global Crisis by Patricia Seabolt

Patricia Seabolt October 29, 2020

Our Wesleyan tradition holds a rich heritage of understanding the way the whole of our created being functions. We share a long history of encouraging one another to health and wholeness in every way, just as our God designed. We believe that we are responsible for the well-being of not just our souls, but our bodies and our minds as

Giving Testimony: The Call to Be a Witness by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 28, 2020

One of the wonderful things we do at World Methodist Evangelism is training leaders all over the world to show and share the love of Jesus. Pre-pandemic, we have done this through in-person gatherings as well as virtual gatherings. A few years ago, I was in Kenya teaching about Embrace, our faith sharing material that focuses on six essential values

Signs, Wonders, and Faith-Sharing

World Methodist Evangelism October 25, 2020

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16540262/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Rev. Dr. Zaki L. Zaki is pastor of Roselle United Methodist Church in Roselle, Illinois and Founder and President of The Middle Eastern United Methodist Caucus. To learn more about the Middle Eastern Caucus, email zLzaki@msn.com Let us hear from you: podcast@worldmethodist.org Find us on Social Media: Facebook Twitter

Leaders, Don’t Miss The Opportunity In The Crisis by Rob Haynes

Rob Haynes October 20, 2020

Leaders around the world are feeling the effects of our global crisis on many fronts. Yet, the current situation does not need to be debilitating. Innovative leaders see a crisis as a catalyst, not a cause for despair. Crises are critical junctures that can provide unique opportunities for needed change. This is especially so for the church today. Experts tell

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Noise Without Word: Worship in a World of Static by Justus Hunter

Justus Hunter December 2, 2019

“Ours is an age of noise. We exchange our history for comforting lies of other gods. We exchange our worship for spectacles. We exchange true justice for parodies, imitations, mimicry. We fill our lives with noise. We silence the Word of the Lord.

But the Word comes nevertheless, not in an earthquake or fire or rushing wind, but in

Healed with Compassion by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer November 20, 2019

One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” But they remained silent. So taking hold

Answers in the Darkness: A Prayer by Suzanne Nicholson

Suzanne Nicholson November 13, 2019

And so you teach me:
Certainty has become my idol.
Predictability.
Expectations met.
That looks like faith to me:
I ask, knowing that you can.

Testimony, Conversion, And The Search For Genuine Faith by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner November 4, 2019

There are quite a few opinions about a recent celebrity in the spotlight for a high-profile conversion to Christianity. Or an alleged conversion to Christianity, depending on your point of view. Which celebrity it is doesn’t matter as much, because any time a celebrity joins anything, the people who belong to the faith or organization are thrilled. It’s like getting

Gratitude and Caring by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 1, 2019

Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. Colossians 3:16 (NLT) In many parts of the world, governments set aside a day dedicated to giving thanks. In the United States that day falls

Paying Attention to Poverty by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer October 28, 2019

Why might people who are poor be brokenhearted? God calls our actions and our attitudes to be right toward people with few resources.

Squeezing Jesus Out of the Church by James Petticrew

James Petticrew October 24, 2019

“When Christ is squeezed from the Body of Christ by our own priorities and agenda as a congregation or through our busyness as leaders or disciples, what is left is little more than a corpse masquerading as a church.”

Wait for God’s Goodness by Karen Bates

Karen Bates October 16, 2019

God has gently reminded me more than once that the onus for what he has promised is not on me. It is on him.

Show Up and Pay Attention by Rob Haynes

Rob Haynes October 14, 2019

I was recently visiting my son who is away studying at University, and we attended Sunday worship at a church near his school. After the service, quite a few people stopped us to thank us for showing up to church. The congregation was made up of mostly older members who seemed thankful, relieved, and overjoyed that people from a younger

Rewriting a Story Gone Wrong by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer October 10, 2019

“Ruth’s life is not living up to her expectations. She is a childless widow, living in a foreign land, dependent on the favor of strangers. Enter the Redeemer – the one who can rewrite the ending of a story gone wrong, buying back tragedy and making way for restoration.”

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