The insanity of pluralism
There is an old tale about four blind men and an elephant (this is not a politically correct tale, just an old one). As the story goes, each man is
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The Danger of Distraction (and how to find your holy “yes”)
I wonder if there has ever been a climate so ripe for distraction. So much information coming at us from every possible lit-up screen. We are distracted by social media,
ELCA: foreshadowing a UMC future?
In the United Methodist Church these days, it is all about “the plans.” Three have been recommended by the Commission on a Way Forward. I note them here for reference,
Grow Up, People.
” … speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ …” – Ephesians 4:15 This line in Paul’s
Ten Marks of Wise Living
Solomon didn’t sugar-coat human existence. Often called “the wisest man who ever lived,” Solomon wrestled with the meaning of life. In his diary of that wrestling (the Book of Ecclesiastes),
The Methodist Middle or the Global Center?
On any given Sunday, United Methodist churches gather to worship God in nearly 60 nations around the globe. Across multiple time zones, languages and cultures, our tribe attempts to be
The number one sin of the Church in America
Followers are funny. When the first followers of Jesus were sent out into the surrounding villages and towns to practice what they’d been modeled by Jesus himself, they were full
Jesus is the case.
I’m thinking about what it must have been like to be a friend of Jesus, traveling with him from town to town. What was it like on those evenings after
A Bakery, a Battlefield and a Birthplace
Bethlehem. It is so much more than the name of a middle-eastern town. Buried in this treasure of a term is the story of Christmas. Beth El in the Bible
The Very Grown-up Work of Incarnation
Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is our head, into Christ. – Ephesians 4:15 Becky Stephen, Senior Director of Field
What’s true in the world
Are these things true? This was the question asked of Stephen, one of the followers of Jesus who served the first century church. Those who asked were antagonistic toward the
Who wouldn’t want to be a universalist? (and why I’m not)
Who wouldn’t want to believe everybody wins — that in the end, God doesn’t have the heart to leave anyone behind? That my non-believing uncle who drank himself to death and
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