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UMC 101: A Doctrinal History of Difference and Charity

Text: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 The books of Ezra and Nehemiah tell the story of the first wave of exiles who return to Jerusalem to…

Text: Luke 3:15-18, 21-22, Book of Discipline pages 47-54 Every time we turn the pages from one calendar year to the next, it feels like…

Text: Luke 4:18-19, Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, 38-39 One of the things that we have re-discovered and remembered this year is that church is not a…

May 20, 2016 1

Each evening, when deliberations are done, it’s time to head home. While for most delegates, that has been to a hotel room, sometimes shared with…

There are two things I have come to hope for on Communion Sundays: Welch’s grape juice in the cup, and Hawaiian Sweet Bread on the…

June 11, 2014 1

I think in some ways, I’m still in shock. Or exhausted. or both. At 2:45 on Monday afternoon, we announced that we had raised $2,009,907…

We don’t like to talk about money. Pastors hate to preach on it. Finance committees only do it because they have to. We keep our…

I am a United Methodist Conference junkie. I love the debate and worship, interaction and holy conferencing. I love getting up to the microphone to…