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Newsflash: Christianity in Crisis (What? No Way!)

Apr 4, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Pop Culture, US Politics

“Christianity has been destroyed by politics, priests, and get-rich evangelists. Ignore them,” writes Andrew Sullivan in this week’s edition of Newsweek, “and embrace Him.” If only it were that easy. My inner 5th-Grader (who also titled...

Tear Down the Silos

Mar 30, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, US Politics

The Call to Action proposal is getting support from across the United Methodist Church. With just a few more days before General Conference 2012 begins, people across the denomination are publishing their positions regarding this proposal focusing on restructuring the...

Dale Tedder: Practical Atheism

Mar 20, 2012 | General, Pop Culture

Dale Tedder has outlined a much more direct means of addressing the “lukewarm” disciple conversation usually sparked by the Book of Revelation. How much difference is there between you and the actual atheist?...

No Shortcuts

Feb 26, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture

Colleagues across the country will soon be heading to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church. This body only meets every four years, and is the only structure of our denomination that can make changes to our doctrine or official stance on any issue. One...

A Vision for the Future: Praxis (3/5)

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...