Be the change | We Are All Afraid in the #UMC. Great. Can We Move On Yet?
Everywhere I look and read there is some element of fear that is being described. For instance in the conversation ...
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“Itinerating” to First UMC, Indianola
Itinerating is a very United Methodist word for the process of UM pastors moving to a new appointment in the ...
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The Thoughtful Pastor | Unanswered prayers, God’s silence and the demand for the instantly miraculous
We demand in our prayers instant healing, instant riches, instant love, instant solutions to all our problems. We insist God ...
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Mercy Not Sacrifice | Atonement: a basic explanation
Atonement is the centerpiece of Christian theology. It’s a compound word that literally means what God does through Jesus’ sacrifice ...
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UM Disability | News and notes from AMD, 6/23/17
Disability materials from DMC, DHM, and AMD to share at your Annual Conference: https://www.umdisability.org/conference/Room at the table: Celebrating people 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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