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
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The Fellowship of the Unashamed
The source is shaky, but the story is told of an African man who lived maybe a century ago. He was coerced either by his tribe or some outside group
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
A Big Week for United Methodists
Some days, it is just good to be Methodist. This Friday will be one of those days. In my (admittedly narrow) world, this is a big week. About 1,700 pastors
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
Spin, excuses and denial (or, What pride sounds like)
“This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really
Violence in the Kingdom of God
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. – Jesus (Matthew 11:12) Jesus talked about the
Calvinism, Gender Politics and the ESV
In any attempt to speak into a conversation about Bible translations and theology, I am skating on the edge of my own incompetencies before I even begin. Receive this blog
Jesus is a friend of sinners (and Jesus is a friend of mine).
I’m thinking about a first-century gathering. Jesus is at somebody’s house and he is laughing. It is a deep belly laugh. Someone has just said something (maybe about the irony
Belonging, Believing and Behaving: The Sense of a Faithful United Methodist
The Babylon Bee, a satirical website that pokes fun at Christian culture, recently posted a marvelously ironic “news piece” with this heading: “Pastor Surprised to Learn His Church Has Statement
Biblical … or superstitious? Which are you?
Consider how the following three numbers are related*: 2, 4, 8. What would you say is the likely relationship between these three numbers? Is there a pattern (hint: yes)? To confirm your guess,
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