the world is my parish…
There is this saying sometimes about Methodists… that we’ll marry and bury anyone. And in my little town, I guess that is true. Most of…
Wesley
The Gift of Gentleness
What is meekness? Gentleness? The opposite of gentleness is seen in both of our readings today… First, from the book of Kings: 1. Elisha is a…
levels and dimensions
Last month at our county ministerial alliance gathering, we got to chatting about the books we were reading. One pastor mentioned a book – and…
Doctrine of God… or something.
When I submitted my candidacy papers, I had just finished Constructive Theology. I was in a totally heady space, although I also had a lot…
Link to a United Methodeviations post
Dan Dick makes a distinction between what he sees as mainline emergent and the roots of the emergent conversation and people out there who are…
Who Would Jesus Smack Down?
This morning one of our small groups met and I started Joyce Rupp’s “The Cup of Our Lives” with them. It thought it went really…
those silly lutherans…
In my small town, there are basically five churches: Presbyterian, Nazarene, Catholic, LCMS, and my United Methodist church. Outside of town there is a UCC…
Three Simple Rules: Stay In Love With God
http://sermon.net/swf/mpp.swf Sermon Text: Psalm 119: 105-112, Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23Hymns for the Day: Stay in Love with God Two weeks ago, we began exploring together the…