Well GC2012 is over and we are still evaluating a General Conference that was a total mess by the end of the week, but the most documented and reported General Conference of all time. Certainly folks have been talking about the influence of Twitter on the conference, and that certainly can’t be denied. Yet, the […]
MethoBlog/UMNS Partner Site is Up
It’s always been funny to me that it often happens that professional communicators sometimes fail at the most basic of communication skills. That happened to us as we were working out the details of the MethoBlog/United Methodist News Service partner site for GC2012, and so I put out some information earlier that was not completely […]
MethoBlog Partnering with UMNS to Host GC2012 Site
We at the MethoBlogger have been working hard to get ready for General Conference, and we are please to announce that we are partnering with the good folks at United Methodist News Service to bring you a hub for blog posts, articles, and conversation during the 2012 event in Tampa. While the site is still […]
Will you be at GC2012?
Will you be in Tampa between April 22 and May 5? We would love to host a MethoMeetup to get MethoBlog users and authors together to talk about the conference, and simply have an opportunity to connect faces with blog posts. We’re trying to get a sense of what’s possible, so if you are interested […]
COMMENTARY: The Frustration of Assumptions
Recently I had the opportunity to be in conversation with a leading member of the Interim Operations Team (IOT) regarding the Missional Manifesto for the People Called United Methodist document that I have been a part of. Our “manifesto” was written in part because we felt like the Call to Action (CTA) report and the […]
Check Out Our General Conference Page
We’ve been working on our General Conference page and will continue to be compiling General Conference related stories and videos in the coming weeks. We hope this can be a hub for your General Conference related activities. Click here to check it out.
United Methodist Layperson Addresses Sexuality Issue
Artie Van Why is a United Methodist layperson in Pennsylvania. His story is like many — he spent many years away from God and the church, but after surviving the horror of the World Trade Center disaster (he worked across the street from the buildings) he found himself searching for God, and when he moved […]
A Quick Update on E-Mail Subscriptions
When we first setup the new and improved MethoBlog site we made a decision to offer folks the option to subscribe to the site via e-mail. We chose to use the WordPress included subscription option (found in their Jetpack module) without realizing that it gave us almost no ability to manage our subscriptions, how often […]
A MethoBlogger at General Conference
The details are still being finalized, but we are pleased to announce that Jay Voorhees, publisher of The MethoBlog, will be a part of the team from the United Methodist News Service reporting from General Conference 2012 in Tampa. Jay is going as a sort of “blogger in residence” and will be offering regular reports […]
An Offer for MethoBlog Readers
James Michael Smith of the Disciple Dojo is offering a PDF review copy of his book “Cleansed and Abiding: A Proposed View of Christian Perfection” to any MethoBlogger willing to review the book. You can e-mail him at jm@jmsmith.org to get the free copy, or if you would prefer to read the book on your […]
