United Methodist schism is the smallest of the earth’s concerns. The world is tired and afraid. People are worn out. The world needs churches that offer hope. Too bad we’re breaking camp, writes the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant.

United Methodist schism is the smallest of the earth’s concerns. The world is tired and afraid. People are worn out. The world needs churches that offer hope. Too bad we’re breaking camp, writes the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant.

There’s more to Jesus’ Incarnation than merely the baby in Bethlehem, writes the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant.

Christmas brings to mind mythic scenes of shepherds and angels and a manger, but it is also helping an out-of-work driver get gas so he can make it home, writes the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant.

The Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant has three simple rules for observing Advent, outlined in a video.

For the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant, the United Methodist form of orthodoxy centers on those practices that “do right by God and neighbor.”

Honoring the birth date of Saint Augustine, author of the spiritual biography “Confessions,” inspires the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant to make some confessions of his own.

The Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant thinks the UMC needs a whistleblower to uncover the quid pro quos that have brought to the denomination to its current turmoil.

A United Methodist pastor in a small church in North Carolina prays an “ordinary” prayer.

When bad things happen, it’s not God’s will, just unfortunate circumstances, writes the Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant.