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Hate: Confusing Holiness With Hierarchy by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore August 30, 2017

Let’s talk about hate. In the first few verses of the Bible, we meet our God in his Trinitarian wholeness. The Father creates, the Son speaks, the Spirit hovers. This Trinitarian God partners within himself in the work of creation. You can sense the single-mindedness — the energy flowing within himself creating goodness. There is no sense of hierarchy here. In fact, a hierarchy

Faith Sharing in Seasons of Crisis by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman August 28, 2017

We share the grace of God through word, deed, and sign, whether anybody notices or not.

Why Ministry? by Andy Stoddard

Andy Stoddard August 28, 2017

You can read all kinds of studies out there showing that ministry is isolating. You see the stats that pastors experience burnout in staggering numbers. I remember sitting in class and hearing that many of the people to your right and your left will not be there in a few years. I remember laughing and thinking to myself, oh, not us. We

Differently Abled In The Church: “Life Unworthy Of Life” & The Kingdom Of God by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner August 23, 2017

What does your church do with people who are differently abled, disabled, mentally handicapped, handicapped, or crippled? (All of those terms have been used in my thirty-odd trips around the sun.) Do you have someone in your church who comes in a wheelchair? Do you have training for teachers and nursery workers, preschool workers and children’s ministers on how to engage kids

Inseparable by Jeff Rudy

Jeff Rudy August 19, 2017

Friends, there is nothing that can separate you from the love of God. You have never been and you will never be unloved.

Shouldering Your Cross by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman August 16, 2017

I will do whatever it takes so that God can work in me and through me.

To a God as Close as Your Breath: A Brief Primer on Meditation by Justin Gentry

Justin Gentry August 16, 2017

Meditation is a treasured practice in Christian history but it is also a much-needed spiritual practice in my life.

Charlottesville: Do They Really Not See? by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner August 14, 2017

Today is the day after. The day after a young black man got beat up in a parking garage, the scene caught by a quick photojournalist (I can’t imagine how sore he is). The day after a stunned mom learned from reporters that her son had been arrested for plowing his car into a crowd of pedestrians (she was in complete shock).

Learning to Suffer with Christ by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman August 14, 2017

Embracing the pain of the crucifixion in order to experience the power of the resurrection involves right living, not easy living.

Letting God Continue Your Education by Edgar Bazan

Edgar Bazan August 10, 2017

When we think about the story of Creation in the Christian faith, we typically do it within the context of Genesis, the story of the past and how things came to be. One may think this creating process was settled at the beginning of time, and that God transitioned from being an entrepreneur to a manager, or worse, a mere aloof supervisor. However, if we pay close

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.”

Valuing Your Pastors: Snapshots Of Clergy Appreciation Month by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner October 8, 2019

It is October, which for pastors is Clergy Appreciation Month. Recently I polled clergy on their experiences of Pastor Appreciation in the midst of ministry. The results managed to surprise me. I was curious to know answers to what I thought was a fairly straightforward, simple question: what’s one of the most meaningful gifts or gestures you received for Pastor

On Being Hispanic by Edgar Bazan

Edgar Bazan October 4, 2019

As a Mexican, I did not know I was a Hispanic, too. The term “Hispanic” refers to people from Spanish-speaking countries and, in the United States, it is a technical demographic label or distinction used to identify people from a Spanish-speaking origin. Since in Mexico the primary language is Spanish, the term “Hispanic” is not commonly used to identify Spanish-speaking

The Embrace Journey by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman September 27, 2019

I love browsing bookstores. Whenever I learn about a new book, I’m frequently excited simply because it’s NEW, and I forget that it actually isn’t new at all. Instead, every new book is the culmination of a journey, with time spent thinking, researching, writing, and rewriting. That exactly describes the journey of WME’s “new” resource, Embrace: Showing and Sharing the

Annie Kate RIM Resident

Residency In Mission: How One Young Adult Is Answering the Call in New Zealand

World Methodist Evangelism September 27, 2019

WME is excited to build on our successful launch of The Residency in Mission (RIM). Annie Kate Leinius will serve as the 2020 Resident in Mission in New Zealand. She joins Eliza Edge (2019-2020 RIM), who began her service in New Zealand in August. Annie Kate is working now to build financial and prayer support for her residency. In addition,

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