The Methoblog http://methoblog.com/3_0 musings from the methodist world Tue, 21 May 2013 22:45:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 John Meunier: Are you poor in spirit? http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/are-you-poor-in-spirit/ http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/are-you-poor-in-spirit/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:45:54 +0000 John Meunier http://johnmeunier.wordpress.com/?p=14970 John Wesley’s sermons on the Sermon on the Mount are at the core of his teaching. In them we find much of theology distilled down to its essence. His own view was the the Sermon on the Mount was the … Continue reading →
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Imagine this scene: a group of twenty or so United Methodist leaders are gathered in a circle for the opening prayer of a weekend training in spiritual formation.  The leader begins with asking each member of the group to center her thoughts on God “as you understand God…”  This seemingly innocuous qualification opens the door [...]

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Click here to read a special message from the editor of the MethoBlog.]]> http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/looking-for-my-family/feed/ 0 Walking in the Wilderness: I want to sit in the clouds with Zach Sobiech http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/i-want-to-sit-in-the-clouds-with-zach-sobiech/ http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/i-want-to-sit-in-the-clouds-with-zach-sobiech/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:54 +0000 Morgan Guyton http://morganguyton.wordpress.com/?p=7276 Sometimes you hear songs that only your eyes know how to talk about. I’ve spent all day talking with my eyes as I listen to a very beautiful album of songs by Zach Sobiech, a kid who died of cancer yesterday after recording an album in the final months of his life. Zach formed a […]
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Click here to read a special message from the editor of the MethoBlog.]]> http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/i-want-to-sit-in-the-clouds-with-zach-sobiech/feed/ 0 The Truth As Best I Know It: Star Trek: Into Darkness and Theological Anthropology http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/star-trek-into-darkness-and-theological-anthropology/ http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/star-trek-into-darkness-and-theological-anthropology/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:00 +0000 Matthew Kelley http://methoblog.com/3_0/?guid=d17b882f4bb9a4312a8b9813b85d5205 Warning 1: SPOILERS to follow. If you haven't seen Star Trek: Into Darkness (you really should, and it's worth the extra few bucks to see it in IMAX 3D) and you don't want to know what happens, bookmark this post and read it later.Warning 2: major geek...
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Click here to read a special message from the editor of the MethoBlog.]]> http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/who-is-jesus/feed/ 0 The United Methodist Reporter: Aging Well: Our faith helps us resist the temptations of aging http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/aging-well-our-faith-helps-us-resist-the-temptations-of-aging/ http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/aging-well-our-faith-helps-us-resist-the-temptations-of-aging/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:01 +0000 Missy Buchanan, UMR Columnist http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/?p=11012 I couldn’t help but laugh when my 89-year-old friend made a confession. “Some days I need a tractor to pull me out of my rut!” she exclaimed exasperatedly. It’s true for all of us. Without realizing it, we spin our wheels, repeating the same behavior, until we’ve created ruts so deep that the only thing [...]
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Click here to read a special message from the editor of the MethoBlog.]]> http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/bzzzz-ii/feed/ 0 LifeBrook: Please Be in Prayer for Oklahoma Tornado Victims http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/please-be-in-prayer-for-oklahoma-tornado-victims/ http://methoblog.com/3_0/2013/05/please-be-in-prayer-for-oklahoma-tornado-victims/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:34 +0000 Mick Turner http://lifebrook.wordpress.com/?p=7164 I ask that all our readers please take time to offer up prayers for those impacted by the devastating tornado in Oklahoma yesterday. Here in the Southeast, we are all too familiar with these storms and what they can do … Continue reading →
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