Haters gonna hate.
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
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God is a poet (and other thoughts from my time in Israel)
Our very wise guide told us, “Let the Bible be your tour guide.” With that wisdom, we made our pilgrimage through Israel, marking the sites in a Bible and listening
The rise of Methodism and fruit that lasts
I’ve been thinking a good deal lately about how the Holy Spirit actually shows up. As I said in this post, I suspect much of what we attribute to the
I am hungry for more.
I am hungry to see the power of the Holy Spirit in our midst. Hungry. I’m not talking about so much that passes these days for Spirit-filled experiences. We have defaulted
(Not) just another week in the UMC
Come, Lord Jesus. It was the prayer of the early church as they strained toward the Kingdom against tides of conflict and persecution. “Come, Lord Jesus!” This week, I find
The difference between faith and foolishness
If all eternity hangs in the balance, why faith? Let’s be real here. Faith doesn’t seem like the most efficient way to get a human race on board. Why doesn’t God
The gift of justifying grace (or, why I still hum Tony Orlando tunes)
Back in the 1970s, there was a hit song by Tony Orlando (yeah, I know … “who?” or maybe, “Wow, you’re older than I thought.”) about a guy who spent
Read this because it is Wednesday
On this Wednesday, may we be reminded that we who follow Jesus are part of something bigger than ourselves — something grandly sufficient that has come among us, that offers
Sanctification is hell (or, a lesson on the vocabulary of freedom).
A couple of weeks ago, I stopped by Kroger on my way back from Atlanta on a Sunday afternoon. I’d been sharing with another church so someone else from our
What is your 5%? (or, learning the risk of relevance)
I learned this from Wayne Cordeiro: 80% of the stuff we do every day, anybody could do. Just about anyone could answer our phone calls, read our emails, hang out
If your heart is as my heart … (my video message at WCA)
The inaugural event of the Wesleyan Covenant Association was thick with the Spirit, by all accounts. I was there by video only, due to speaking commitments made long before the
A Statement from the WCA to our Council of Bishops
What is building in Chicago is something special. Methodists from around the country are making their way to that city, where holy conferencing in its truest sense will commence on
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