The Thoughtful Pastor | I Was Way Too Soft On The Texas Bishops: Even The Nazi’s Had Lists
So in retrospect, I want to say this: I was not nearly hard enough on those Texas Bishops yesterday. Frankly, even ...
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everyday theology | The limits of being Born Again
Physical growth seems to follow automatically from physical birth. Not so, spiritual growth. Jesus told Nicodemus very clearly in John ...
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Home Page | Order Ending Family Separations Welcomed
United Methodist leaders welcomed news of the halt of the Trump Administration's policy of separating immigrant families, but cautioned that ...
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Faith, Media & Culture | In Search of the Soul of America
As immigrant children were being taken from their parents and held in cages, former First Lady Laura Bush compared it ...
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Home Page | Reflections Following Ordination
In the midst of trying times, the Rev. Melissa Hinnen finds hope and encouragement in her ordination ...
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Home Page | How Many of Us?
Is this a Bonhoeffer or Selma moment for Christians and other believers to stand up to American brutality? wonders the ...
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Tom Lambrecht | Good News Magazine | Your Tithes and Gifts are Not Enough
Every Sunday, all around the world, faithful United Methodists give their tithes and gifts to the church. But apparently it’s ...
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Bishop's Blog | Dwelling in Unity
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters dwell in unity. It is like the precious oil ...
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UM Disability | DMC Response to Amendment 2
The DisAbility Ministries Committee of The United Methodist Church is disappointed that Amendment II has not passed. This amendment to ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | GC2019 Delegations Restructure to be more LGBTQ inclusive
In the Room Where It Happens On Friday, June 15th, on the floor of the 2018 Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference, their delegation to the Special General Conference 2019 made the following statement. The delegation from Oregon-Idaho, after lots of debate and ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | Schism, Expulsion, and Diversity: #UMC Unity’s Varied Definitions
What Form Of Unity, Exactly? “A new form of unity” is the buzzword in United Methodist circles. For a church less than a year away from discerning what A Way Forward looks like, “unity” is on many people’s minds. Interestingly, ...
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Hacking Christianity :: Rev. Jeremy Smith | The Odd Persistence of Ritter’s Two-Class Methodism
Screenshot As I write this, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church are gathered in Chicago, debating and discerning what proposal they will offer to United Methodism in February 2019. But it has come to my attention that one element ...
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