UMC 101: Doctrine and Discipline in Real Life
Text: Luke 3:7-14; Book of Discipline (p. 55-56, 77-80, 105-146) We continue today by the banks of the Jordan River with John the Baptist and…
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Vaccines and General Conference
At the end of last week, I received an email from the Wesleyan Covenant Association about their efforts to vaccinate delegates from Africa, Europe, Eurasia,…
Summary of 2019 General Conference Decisions – modified after Judicial Council Ruling
Decisions of the 2019 General Conference Timeline for Implementation in Central Conferences In general, when legislation before a GC is approved, it goes into effect…
Thinking about running as a General Conference Delegate?
A number of people have reached out to ask about what my experience was, what they need to know, what all is involved. Here are…
General Conference Reflections #gc2019
I knew that whatever decisions we made or didn’t make during this past week in our General Conference that this Transfiguration text would be appropriate…
GC2019: Committee On Reference
This past weekend, I was part of the meeting of the Committee on Reference for the General Conference. Typically, our work focuses on assigning (or…
Abiding in Love
Loneliness is a growing epidemic in our society. Yes, I said epidemic. Studies have now shown that loneliness and social isolation raises our stress hormones,…
Claiming Our Inheritance
When I came home from our United Methodist General Conference in May, I shared with you these words: Over these last two weeks, we very…