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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Abrahamic faith and the UMC
This message was delivered this week at the organizational meeting of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, a group poised to advocate for a strong, orthodox, Spirit-led, global movement of United Methodists. I
Grace is not for wimps.
C. S. Lewis said you’ll either love Jesus or you’ll hate him. There is no in-between. “… Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a
How to sit with someone in their grave (or, How to surrender your sexuality to God)
A friend of a friend works with men who have gone through sexual trauma and in a conversation about how healing happens for them, he says, “These men cannot make
Four questions and a cup of coffee (a simple way to make spiritual progress)
What if a few Christians got together once a week to share in an intentionally spiritual conversation that challenged each of them to reflect on their growth and challenges as
Do something in church to make a dent in the darkness.
After reading Russell Moore’s exceptional post on how best to be the Church this week as we gather for worship, here is how we at Mosaic will gather tomorrow: 1.
Four principles for a healthier short-term mission experience
I am writing this while “on mission with Jesus in Ecuador,”* serving together with seventeen genuinely kind and faithful people from two churches in Georgia and the Wesleyan seminary of
Act as if … (how to start up a stalled life)
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you don’t belong.” This was a line in an email from a greatly loved one
Serve me, Jesus.
What would it look like for Jesus to serve you? Jesus once told his followers that he came “not to be served but to serve.” It is tempting to hear
“Mama, can boys be preachers, too?”
One day as we were driving, my daughter called out this question from the back seat. “Mama, can boys be preachers, too?” She was five years old at the time
How I’m missing the great moves of God (and other lessons from “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”)
There is a quirky little documentary on Netflix called Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It is about the life of this 90-year-old man who is considered the finest sushi master in
Enough.
I went to church on a Saturday morning to meet a group of folks who wanted me to offer communion to their group. The first person I saw was one
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