taking the first steps to healthy
I might have posted something about this before… but pastors, in general, and in the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, in particular,…
United Methodist Church
BE the church
This morning we find ourselves in the midst of a pretty familiar story. It is a story of contrasts… the holy man on one hand…
The F.I.T. Challenge
For over a year now, Bishop Trimble has been talking about the F.I.T. Challenge. And I think tonight, for the first time, I really understood…
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…
the Church
Describe the nature and mission of the Church. What are its primary tasks today? If the sacraments call us into the world, the church is…
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…
Call & Response: ie: post ordination paper sermon & bishop’s letter
Call and Response. In the African-American church tradition – call and response is what happens when the people hear something the preacher says and can’t…
Goodbye Ordination Papers!!!
The past few weeks, really two months, I have been working here and there and everywhere on my ordination papers. And they are finally finished…