Thoughts From The Heart On The Left | “24/7 Stewardship”
Here are my thoughts for the “Back Page” of the bulletin for this coming Sunday, 17 November 2019 (the 23rd ...
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This Day With God | Survivor Hour by Hour
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7 ...
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Seedbed | The Hard Question We Must Ask Ourselves for the Sake of Others
Listen Now! November 12, 2019 Acts 26:25-29 (NIV) “I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am ...
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Preceding Grace | Instilling Hope
Lectionary Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 (NRSV)Many people may not know that I'm not a native Oklahoman. While I've lived most of ...
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Allan R. Bevere | Why Does God Give the Gift of Eternity?
It's a question not often asked. The belief in eternal life is at the heart of the Christian faith, but ...
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UM & Global | The UMC and Jared Diamond’s Upheaval, Part 3: Ability to Act in Crisis
Having laid out an assessment of the crisis that the UMC is facing, and having laid out the framework that ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | The Wesleyan Covenant Association: How did we get here?
The seeds for the Wesleyan Covenant Association have been growing for a long time. It’s important to trace the efforts ...
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Tom Lambrecht | Good News Magazine | A Primer on the Conflict (Part I)
Protesters against the United Methodist Church’s stance on sexuality prepare to serve Holy Communion inside the bar of the 2012 ...
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UM & Global | How Much Money Does the US Send to the Central Conferences?
Today's post is by UM & Global blogmaster Dr. David W. Scott, Director of Mission Theology at the General Board ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | The Wesleyan Covenant Association: How did we get here?
The seeds for the Wesleyan Covenant Association have been growing for a long time. It’s important to trace the efforts which have led to its creation of a new Wesleyan denomination. Rev. Charles Keysor 1966: One Against the Many The ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | Western Jurisdiction Bishops reject The UMC’s persecution game
Lake Junaluska Reveal The Western Jurisdiction bishops, all five active bishops, held a press conference where they pledged to not process complaints against LGBTQ+ clergy or clergy who officiate same-gender weddings. From their declaration of Safe Harbor: As of January ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | There are no Vegetarians in breadlines…or are there?
“Christ of the Breadlines” by Fritz Eichenberg “Vegetarianism is a choice of the wealthy” Recently I was part of a clergy group that was eating dinner together at a community space. Our hosts were a group that provides a monthly ...
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