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I saw a clip some time back about a writer in New York who announced a few years ago that she was publishing a 2,095-word short story called “Skin.”  What

Next week, I’ll be talking with some seminary students about my life as a United Methodist pastor.  It has me thinking about why I persist in this denomination.  I am

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out… (Isaiah 42:3) Some days, I wonder if “church” is worth the trouble.  Don’t get

To access the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit is a choice. I think of it sort of like my computer. This little guy can do a lot. My

Said George: “You know we are on a wrong track altogether. We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can’t

My second installment on the Spirit-led life posted on seedbed today.  http://seedbed.com/feed/the-rock-the-ripples-and-the-river “Sanctification is messy!  In our community of faith, we are discovering that we get to control almost nothing

I love Asbury Seminary’s new online resource, seedbed.com, not only because they are running a four-part series I wrote but also because they have a ton of resources for Wesleyan

It is an unusual mercy that Steve Moore and I found and fell in love with each other. Someone like Steve should not have been hanging around with someone like

The first time I heard someone say he didn’t believe in hell, I was stricken.  It was the associate pastor of our church, a generally bright guy — full of energy,

There’s an old story about a man who is asked by God to push against a large rock.  God tells him this is important work, this rock-pushing.  He asks the

Ted Haggard and his wife (author of a book, Why I Stayed) will be getting their next fifteen minutes of fame on “Celebrity Wife Swap” in January.   They co-star with

Angels come in more than one form. The other day I was visiting a guy in jail (not an angel, in case you’re thinking that’s where I’m headed).  I asked