United Methodist Church

Repost: Church Metrics are Bad? Does Not Compute.

Aug 21, 2012 | Leading the Church, Methodism

Logic seems to have failed some of us Methodists — probably because we aren’t Vulcans, or something like that. United Methodists all over the blogosphere and twitterverse are posting and tweeting logical fallacies right and left, mostly in the area of the...

This is Not “Taking a Real Stand”

Jul 26, 2012 | General, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics

The Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church has passed legislation actively encouraging the infraction of our polity and covenant as United Methodists, particularly as United Methodist Clergy. From the document (linked above), which passed overwhelmingly...

The Rest of the Story

Jul 17, 2012 | Leading the Church, Methodism

Last week, I posted on a routine hardship: Moving from one appointment to another. I related some of my ideas in the post “Turn and Face the Change,” and made reference to the wisdom and insights of the colleague who followed me. This week, my friend Jeff...

Turn and Face the Change

Jul 13, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism

David Bowie probably hasn’t pondered the United Methodist Church’s iteneration procedures. Oddly, this phrase from his song, “Changes,” pertains in a very relevent way. And it echoes the scriptural story in which Elijah hands off the ministry...

“How Does This Help Us Make Disciples?”

Jul 10, 2012 | General

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of excitement from people like Dan Dick and Ben Gosden. Their excitement is rightly generating some excitement within me as well. The cause of the excitement? One simple word: Discipleship. Dan and Ben are both excellent writers....