Preceding Grace | I’m Not Tired!
Lectionary Reading: Romans 6:12-23 (NRSV)Our emotions may hold us hostage when wedon't get enough rest. Adults like to pretend that ...
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Nikos | Sermon (June 25) by Rev. Robert McDowell "And God Heard"
The story is told of a terrible two car accident which involved two men who were driving in one of ...
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nashvillian pastoral | if there’s a plan, it’s love
My last sermon preached at City Road this morning. This feels a little bit like sharing a private love letter, ...
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From The Pew | Suneidēsis……The Christian Thorn
We may never know much about the thorn Paul wrote of or even what it might have been. There has ...
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This Day With God | The Week Ahead
This week, we will continue the journey and share more thoughts from the study of Exodus 23. Index of Devotionals ...
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Allan R. Bevere | Scriptures and Prayer for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Old Testament: Genesis 21:8-21 or Jeremiah 20:7-13Psalter: Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 or Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18Epistle: Romans 6:1-11Gospel: Matthew 10:24-39___God of ...
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Tom Lambrecht | Good News Magazine | Responding to Misconceptions about the Bishops’ Commission
Members of the Bishops’ Commission on a Way Forward at their March meeting in Atlanta, COWF By Thomas Lambrecht The ...
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United Methodist Insight | Church Leaders Look at Possible U.S. Structure
Despite strong resistance to the idea at the 2016 General Conference, United Methodist leaders say that some kind of U.S ...
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David F. Watson | Points of Order and Parliamentary Paralysis
Shortly after the 2016 General Conference of The United Methodist Church, I wrote a post called General Conference: Four Reflections ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | As goes Mississippi, so goes The #UMC, Part Two
The followup to a previous post yields the result and the difficult road ahead. As Went Mississippi A few months back, Hacking Christianity reported and commented on two large Mississippi congregations that were petitioning to leave The United Methodist Church ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | Catering to Culture: The Real Foundations of the WCA / 05: Being what they claim to hate
While deploring cultural accommodation, the WCA caucus group has embraced some of the worst aspects of American culture. This week: hypocrisy. To Become the Villain It happens all the time in the secular world: the people with full-throated opposition to ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | 12 Things Clergy can do to be good LGBTQ Allies
A guest post by an LGBTQ ministry candidate in the Washington DC area of The United Methodist Church to help straight clergy like me learn how to be better allies. Take a read! === 12 Tips for Clergy Allies T.C.Morrow ...
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