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Carolyn Moore

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

Hungering for the prophetic gift

Let’s talk about lobster eyes. Lobsters see the world significantly differently than the rest of us. Our eyes process images by absorbing basically a thousand points of refracted light, then

Four (and a half) thoughts on hearing from God

What is it God might be asking you to do – what totally illogical, foolish-looking, unpredicted thing might he be calling you to? And if you’re hearing it, how do

God knows.

God knows. Do you get how profound that is? God knows everything. Your worst moment, your weakest decision, your blackest thought. God knows, and he still loves you. To say

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

When you see a turtle on a fence post…

(This is one I posted a couple of years ago, when I was going through what I can now see was a cyclical pattern of emotional ups and downs in

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

Before you serve communion today …

I was one of six kids, so I ate dinner every night at a table that sat eight people very tightly. To make matters more uncomfortable for me, I was

Who owns you? (or, “Its not about the money … but it is.”)

How do you make decisions? What role does money play in that process? I asked this question of some Facebook friends a while back and got great answers: “I have

Relapse and recovery (or, how to get back up when you fall)

Recovery is characterized by relapse. I wish someone had told me this a long time ago, before I lost patience with people who desperately need my patience. Relapse is what

Birds and Bees: Ten Thoughts On Talking to Kids About Sex

(Two years ago, I posted a couple of blogs about talking to kids about sex. This is a revisit of those blogs, with the hope that the reminder is helpful