Jesus’ Great Commission in Matthew 28, the heart of evangelical theology, also teaches us how to love those who are different from us, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

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The Great Commission of Jesus in Matthew 28 is what many of us evangelical Christians point to as our m…

The Rev. Jason Valendy believes that the “antifragile” people in The United Methodist Church – those who mature spiritually when shocked – will best survive the denomination’s recent trauma.

Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile speaks of the fragile, the flexible and the antifragile. These three concepts are names used to describe how something or someone might respond to a shock.

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The difference between deciding and discerning is a spiritual process that doesn’t judge, but instead sorts matters in ways that can discover many beautiful things, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

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In church world, we often do not make the distinction between deciding and discernin…

When God’s grace pours out, hearts melt or harden by our own actions.

In the Exodus story there are a series of plagues and after the first five plagues scripture says that Pharaoh hardened his heart. However, the next several plagues scripture says that God hardened Pharaoh’‘s heart. It has always bothered me that God …

Failing at one’s Lenten practice offers us a way to experience God’s forgiveness, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

Giving up or fasting during the season of Lent is a tradition in the Christian church which many today still subscribe to. This is a noble discipline, one which I also participate in. However, I pray that we fail our fasts.

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