Feb 17, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture
For the past two weeks, I’ve been inspired to write about the United Methodist Church. A video from the General Board of Discipleship set the wheels in motion. In that video, a simple question was posed to key leaders in our denomination: “Where will the...
Feb 15, 2012 | Announcements, General, Methodism, Pop Culture
We are dying. Every last one of us. One inescapable fact of life is that everyone dies. “One out of one,” is the way it was put to me. But what happens when an entire generation begins to die? What happens when that generation is larger than normal? What...
Feb 10, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture
Last week, I posted about some of the visions that are being shared by some of the leaders of the United Methodist Church. If you haven’t read that post, it would be helpful to do so before you continue. The United Methodist General Board of DiscipleshipThat...
Feb 3, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism
I love science fiction. I’ve been waiting for years for Michio Kaku to reveal the fact that we will finally get our flying cars and personal robot assistants. But you don’t hear too many people talking about the distant future of the Church, except for...
Jan 31, 2012 | General, Leading the Church
One of the most profound, yet confusing passages in the writings of the prophets is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 53, verses 4-6. Isaiah 53:4-6 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and...
Jan 21, 2012 | General, Methodism, Pop Culture
You’ve probably seen this already, the viral video about one young man’s effort to dissect his faith and remove the evil that has grown up inside it. Jefferson Bethke titles his spoken word missive, “I Hate Religion.” See it here. His goal is...
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