Ode to the Book of Discipline…
Oh Book of Discipline, how do I love thee… Let me count the ways. I love that when I am confused about how to proceed…
conference
it causes me to tremble…
Day two of our annual conference has completed. We have voted on exactly 7 items of legislation. And we have celebrated and praised and prayed and…
Sources of Revelation
The United Methodist Church holds that Scripture, tradition, experience, and reason are sources and norms for belief and practice, but that the Bible is primary…
thinking ecumenically and maybe a little politically
Lately, I have been having quite a few conversations, theologically and politically with fellow pastors. It would be fair to say that my current colleagues…
some thoughts on amendment one
The first amendment that comes before our Annual Conferences from General Conference this year is to change the wording of paragraph 4 in our constitution….
bagh!
i got a message today from the conference that the church has not been paying my pension and health insurance (which includes my individual contribution…
being true to your beliefs…
This morning I was approached by a congregation member who wanted to invite me to join him for a gathering of the Methodist Laity Reform…
roundtable preaching
This past semester I got to work on my senior project with Dr. John McClure, a professor of homiletics at Vanderbilt Divinity. My project has…